HEmiT] DE'HODYA'TKA'EWENt 799 



Master of Life. ' " Every day, ev^ery night also, such was his mind 

 and pra\'er. 



"It was that attitude of mind which was able to bring your persons 

 safely into this land — this elder country. 



"So now, moreover, you have fully accomplished what I promised 

 you when I met you on your way hither. 



"So now, let me ask you, who among you is individually willing 

 that I should restore his life — i. e., refit his being?" 



Then one of the four travelers answered, saying, "I am just the 

 one that is willing; do you begin on me." Then this Man Being 

 going forward to the place where stood a tree not far distant, reached 

 the tree and raising his arm to its full length seized the standing tree 

 and bent it down to the earth, and stripped the bark in one entire 

 piece from the trunk of the ti-ee. Then placing this piece of bark 

 on the ground, he said to the volunteer, "Now, do thou come hither 

 to me." 



Then the man who had consented to have his body and being 

 refitted, went forward to him, while his three companions intently 

 watched their host in what he was doing to their companion; and 

 they saw him begin his work. Then the host placed the man on 

 the outspread piece of bark. He took apart the flesh body of their 

 companion; he, too, unjointed severally all the joints of his skeleton, 

 laying each several bone aside. And then he took each of the bones, 

 and every one of the joints of the bones, and wiped it very carefully. 

 He soon completed his task of washing and cleaning them. 



He then began to join together all the bones and all the portions of 

 flesh in their proper relations. And as soon as he had completed his 

 task he said to his guests, "Now, I have refinished this work. What 

 is solely of the other world has been removed. For what is of 'the 

 earth earthy' is out of place here. Now, my friend, do thou arise 

 again. " 



Then the man whose body and being had been remodeled arose, 

 standing erect and casting his eyes around him. Then his host 

 said to him, "Like unto what is your life, as you now feel it? Do 

 you feel different from what you did before I remodeled your body 

 and being?" 



To which the renewed man replied, "Its condition is indeed such 

 that it feels immeasurably more delightful, and I am happier than 

 before the change. " 



Then his host said to him, "If this be, indeed, true, attempt to 

 seize that deer standing yonder. If it so be that thou canst overtake 

 it, do thou seize it, also. " 



So looking in the distance the deer was seen standing there. 

 Then when the remodeled man ran toward it, the deer at once fled in 

 terror. The man sped swiftly in pursuit of it. It had not gone 



