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And, in a short time, the visitors having seen all that was interest- 

 ing in the lodge, said, "Let us now, moreover, go hence on our jour- 

 ney," and they at once resumed their own course. 



They had not gone very far when the Men of Thunder said, "It 

 is now time for us to begin. And, moreover, it shall be Daga'e°'da' 

 who shall be the fii-st one to act." 



Then Daga'e°'da', the former member of the party of De'ha- 

 e°*hyo'we°'s (Light Rays?), began to sing in a loud voice and thus set 

 his orenda (mystic power) to work out his function. And then the 

 two human beings, who were to return to the earth below, saw it in 

 the distance beneath them, and they heard, too, the people dwelling on 

 the earth say, "Now the beginning of the Spring Season has come 

 upon us. Indeed, the Spring Wind is blowing warm and hot, and 

 now, too, the Thunders are singing thence, in the distance." 



Then the party moved on; and they looked down on the earth be- 

 low from above the sky and the clouds, and they saw the effect of 

 the singing of the Thunder Men. At this time, the voices of the 

 Thunder Men who were singing sounded loud and angry, as it were, 

 as they moved along the sky, and on the earth below fell torrents of 

 rain with great force, and they, too, saw the creeks and rivers swell 

 and overflow their banks. 



They had not, seemingly, to the human beings of the party, gone 

 very far, when they were startled by their alightmg on the earth below. 

 And then one of the Thunder Men said to them, "Now, indeed, you 

 are again at your homes. Indeed you departed hence, and so now 

 we have fully discharged our obligation to bring you safely back to 

 your homes. So, moreover, we will now tell you something regarding 

 another matter. It is now a long time since the former mhabitants 

 of this country have withdrawn from here and have gone to another 

 settlement. You will, indeed, find them in the place where they are 

 now living." 



Having conducted them some distance on the ground, one of the 

 Men of Thunder said, "Moreover, we will now separate one from 

 another. And, in the future, this, too, shall come to pass. And that 

 is, that you must keep us in remembrance. And, moreover, for this 

 purpose, you shall employ the Native Tobacco (i. e., Gaye°'gwan5we- 

 ''sgwa"gona'), maldng an offering thereby in words and in act. And 

 this shall be quite sufficient for the purpose, for we will hear the thanks- 

 giving and will accept the offering at once; and in like manner shall 

 it be done to all those, and only to those, who are charged by Him with 

 duties and important functions. If you sliould think of Him or of 

 Them, that is the chief and essential thing — the employment of Native 

 Tobacco by you in this important matter habitually. Such is the 

 method which you who still live on the earth here below must cus- 

 tomarily employ in forming your messages of thanksgiving. Verily, 



