HEwiTTl DE-HODYA-TKA EWE^. ^(J7 



another day; and then you shall again recoinnience the performance of 

 the duties with which you are severally charged." 



This conversation supplied the opportunity of seeing the Person to 

 De'hae°'hyo'we°'s and his party. They were convinced that he too 

 was Man; that he was, in fact, a Hfn'gwe'. But they were sur- 

 prised, and even amazed, to see that one half of the body of this 

 strange Person was in all respects like that of a human being but that 

 the other half of his body was, in substance, crystal ice. They too, at 

 this moment, felt a breeze that was chilling, strike them from out of 

 that doorway; but at this moment, this strange Man Being withdrew, 

 and the doorflap concealed the room from their further gaze. 



Then, the aged matron of the lodge addressing her guests, said, 

 "That Person whom you have just seen is, in fact, the Foremost 

 One, the Principal One, of all those who are charged with duties to 

 perform in the economy of the earth. And he is called by us De'- 

 hodyfVtga'ew^"' (i. e., He-Whose-Body-Is-Cleft-m-Twain); and He 

 is also named, Owi'soii'dyoii' (i. e.. It Casts Ice or It Hails); and it 

 is this that you saw when He showed his face at the doorway, that 

 there at once came forth fiom Him a cold breeze. And so that act 

 will immediately cause the prospective days and the prospective 

 nights on the earth below to become cold and wintry. Moreover, 

 when the day again dawns (i. e.. Next Year) He will again show 

 His face but the other side of his body, and immediately there will 

 blow hither a warming breeze." 



Then the members of the lodge said one to another, "We now have 

 paused in our labors in order to rest. Moreover, to-morrow it will 

 come to pass that we shall take you back to the place whence you 

 departed, for you have been here now many days. And this is, of 

 course, what you human beings call Springtime." 



Then all the members of the lodge fell asleep in their several 

 places. When morning came the doorflap separating the room from 

 the adjoining one was again thrust aside, and the strange Man 

 Being, De'hody&'tga'ewS"', again showed his face and the other half 

 (the flesh side) of his body at the doorway, and He called out 

 aloud, "Now then, all you people, awake and arise; it is now time 

 to do so." Then all the sleepers awoke. And as they awoke from 

 sleep they severally outstretched their arms and bodies, loudly 

 3^awning and uttering loud vociferations, as is the case on earth, 

 when the voice of Thunder is heard. There arose, too, a warm 

 breeze of wind, and then the men of the lodge went out. 



It was but a short time after this that they reentered the lodge 

 and said to their guests, "You should accompany us on our intended 

 join-ney, so that you may see an otkon (a daimon) which inhabits 

 certain trees standing hard by the place whence we returned. It is, 

 indeed, now a long time that we have been making attempts to kill 



