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which is red-hot; under this stone is a cavern in which Gaas\endiefh;i 

 lives. This rock is on the edge of the Blue Sky, where it meets the 

 waters, just where the sun sets. Gaasyendiet'ha carries tli.is stone 

 with him wiien he travels in winter so that he can break the ice as 

 he goes; it is called Gaonhiahge Tgastendeh.-"' There is no earth 

 there ; only stone. I want you to go directly to the Rock in the Blue 

 Slty." Then stringing the bow, he shot the arrow westward. The 

 arrow, now alive, went flying through the air until it came to the 

 end of the sky, where it saw the Rock in the Blue Sky. On coming 

 down it struck the hot rock. The man who lived under the rock 

 .said, " Something has come down on my ball," and pushing off the 

 hot rock, he came forth. Thereupon Haiwanenqgwi, coming out of 

 the arrowhead, said to Gaasyendiet'ha, " Tsodiqgwadon sent me to 

 ask you to be present at a council to be held in nine days from now 

 at Broken Land." "What is the council for? " asked the host. "To 

 appoint a new chief for all the people under the Blue Sky," came 

 the rejjly. " Very well," said he, " I will go." Gaasyendiet'ha asked. 

 " How did you come, for I have never known any man to be able to 

 come up to the Rock in the Blue Sky before ? " " Oh ! I came in tlie 

 arrow," answered his visitor. " Well, then, I must send you back 

 in the same manner," replied Gaasyendiet'ha. "All right; I will 

 have to return that way," said Haiwanenqgwi. In picking up the 

 arrow Gaasyendiet'ha found that its head was split, so seizing Hai- 

 wanenqgwi and shaking him to reduce his size, he was finally able 

 to reinsert him in the arrowhead, wherein he carefully secured him. 

 Having done this, he cast the arrow eastward and it flew away. In 

 a short time it came down at the feet of Tsodiqgwadon, who had not 

 moved from that place since he had shot the arrow westward. When 

 Haiwanenqgwi came forth he was asked, "Have you notified all the 

 people now^ ? " He replied. " Yes; I have, so far as I know, notified 

 all the peoples under the Blue Sky." But Tsodiqgwadon declared : 

 " No; you have not; there are a large number yet who have not been 

 notified of the great council. You must now go eastward to the jilace 

 where Tkwendahen Niohsiowesiohden -"- lives. This place is situated 

 on an island called Gaahgwa Tgawenot,'^'*^ which is located just where 

 the sun rises. The chief of this place is called Djahgw'iyu.-''* When 

 you have performed your errand here you must go northward until 

 you find another island, which is called Ohnon<igon(t) -''^ Tgawenot. 

 rhe name of the chief of the people who dwell here is called Djihtk- 

 wahen Niothwahasyohden.-'^'' AVhen you have finished your errand 

 here you must go northeastward, and you will reach an island which is 

 called Gainhdoya -*" Tgawenot; and the name of the chief who lives 

 on this island is Djihtkwahen-"' Haos. After you have notified him, 

 take a westerly course, visiting an island which is called Hahnowa -''^ 

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