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man said : " It is the sound of mirth from the assembly." When they 

 drew near there seemed to be a large settlement. The man said: 

 " Your sister has her lodge off at one end of the settlement, and your 

 brothers are there, too; but you can not go into their lodge. You 

 have not died ^"^ yet, so you must pass through the same change as 

 they have done in order to enter their dwellings." As they went along 

 they felt a great desire to go in but knew they would not be ad- 

 mitted. They inhaled the odor of every flower on their path. After 

 a while their guide pointed to a Long Lodge, saying: "That is the 

 lodge of Hawenniyo,^"' who made the world below and' who allowed 

 you to come here. We will sit on the threshold, and afterward we will 

 go in." The Long Lodge, which was built with very low walls, was 

 hung inside with boughs, which gave out a delightful odor. As the 

 air moved a perfume came from the flowers and herbs within. On en- 

 tering they saw a great many people who had come to praise Hawen- 

 niyo and to have part in the Green Corn dance. These people never 

 noticed that two beings of human flesh and form were present, be- 

 cause the young men had been purified. A man came out of the as- 

 sembly and proclaimed from a high place what things were to be 

 done. The guide said: "This is the one whom you call Hawenniyo." 

 The young men looked on with great wonder to see so many dancing 

 together. During an interval in the dance the guide said : " You un- 

 derstand, probably, why 3'ou have been allowed to visit this place. It 

 is here that those who are good in the other world come when they 

 die. Now, I will go back with you. When you reach home you shall 

 tell your people what you have seen since I first met you."'^° The 

 guide then turned back, and the young men went on alone. 



The youths traveled very swiftly, calling at each place at which 

 they had stopped when coming, but only to return thanks, as they 

 were now on the way home. On reaching the Sun's lodge, the Sun 

 said : " You are going home now. It is I who caused you to come 

 hither. You have been traveling 10 days. What we call one day 

 here is a year in the other world. Ten vears ago you started from 

 your home below." When they got back to the lower world they 

 were 30 years old. The 10 years seemed no longer than the interval 

 between going in the morning and coming in the evening. The .Sun 

 took them as far as the hemlock tree from which the trail began, 

 where they found their bows and arrows sticking in the ground, cov- 

 ered with moss. As the Sun took them in his liand he wiped off the 

 moss, and immediately they were as new as if just made. He said 

 that the people of the place where these travelers lived had moved 

 away, adding: "I will direct you to them." In those times a mile 

 was as far as a man could see, and it was 12 " looks " from the 

 hemlock tree to the site of the settlement. When they came to the 

 end of 12 " looks " the Sun said, " This is where you started." Here 



