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Tgawenot. and on which all kinds of Hahnowa people live. The 

 name of their chief is Honohtsagagiyit.^"* After giving him your 

 message you must go northward to Ohneqsah^"^ Tgawenot, where all 

 kinds of Sowekshohon -'- people live, the name of whose chief is 

 Hahnyahses,^'^ who is of the Awaeh "* people ; and when j'ou have 

 delivered your message to all these people, thence start southwest- 

 ward and return home." 



Haiwanenqgwi then set out for Sun Island. There he saw after 

 a while one of the Djahgwiyu "^ people coming toward him, where- 

 upon he thought: "What can this mean? Is the world going to 

 burn up? " But soon he saw that it was Tkwendahen ^^° Niohsiowe- 

 siohden himself, who said, "What have you come for?" Haiwa- 

 nenqgwi replied, " Oh ! Tsodiqgwadon, the chief of the world, has 

 sent me to notify you and your people of a council to be held at 

 Broken Land in eight days from now." "Very well; we will be 

 there," declared Tkwendahen Niohsiowesiohd^n. 



Then Haiwanenqgwi went to Ohnonqgon(t) Tgawenot, and after 

 that he reached Gainhdoya Tgawenot. When he arrived there he 

 saw five men fishing. For a while he stood watching them, think- 

 ing. " What beautiful belts these men have." When they saw him 

 coming they threw reeds "' at him to bewitch him, to make him sore, 

 and to cause him to swell up. When the reeds pierced his body, 

 at once he began to swell and to suffer great pain. At last, to escape 

 from them, he leaped into the water, where he remained until the 

 pain was gone, and then, coming out. he said to these men: "Be 

 quiet ! I have not come to harm you, but I have been sent to you 

 to notify you that there will be a great council at Broken Land 

 eight days from now, and that Tsodiqgwadon wishes to have you 

 come." In reply these men said, "Well, we must first go to tell 

 our chief before we can give you an answer." When the chief was 

 told of Haiwanenqgwi's mission he promised faithfully to be pres- 

 ent with his advisers. 



Haiwanenqgwi went next to Hahnowa Tgawenot. where he deliv- 

 ered his message, and then he retraced his steps homeward. Having 

 arrived there, Tsodiqgwadon asked him. " Have you now notified 

 all the peoples of the world? " " Yes; I have notified all," was his 

 reply. "No; you have notified only half of the tribes of men. 

 You must now go up to the Land in the Blue Sky. called Gaonyahge ='* 

 Diyoendjadeh. and you must go in a southerly direction. This 

 land is very high, and you can not get there until orenda for that 

 purpose is given you. The S'hadahgeah "^ people dwell in that land, 

 the name of whose chief is Odahnoqgwiyah ^^^ Haos. You will tell 

 him first, and then go westward, where you will find seven ^*' men 

 living on the clouds ; these seven men are Hinon people. The elder 

 one and chief of these people we call Shedwaqsot.^*^ After you have 



