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woi-Kl. In reply to the invitation to attend the council he said. " It 

 is well: I will attend," and continued on his joui'ney: he did not 

 seem to care for Haiwanenqgwi or for Sadjawiski. 



Now Haiwanenqgwi came to an opening dii'ectly under the dooi- 

 in the Blue Sky, far down into which he went. Tltere he saw an old 

 man called Shagoewatha. to whom he said, " I have come to notify 

 you of the great council to be held at Broken Land in seven days 

 from now."' The old man replied, " It is well : I will attend it." 



Next Haiwanen(]gwi went up and notified S'hagodiyoweqgowa, who 

 said in reply, " I have been wishing for a long time to meet all kinds 

 of people, so I will surely go." Later Niagwaihegowa -"* also prom- 

 ised to be at the great council at the appointed time. 



Now Haiwanenqgwi went home feeling quite happy, thinking that 

 he had completed his task. But when he reached home, Tsodiqg- 

 wadon asked him, " Have you now notified everybody? " He replied, 

 " Yes; so far as I know." " No; you have not. You must go to an- 

 other country, situated directly east of this, which is a great island 

 on which are many people," declared Tsodiqgwadon. " It is well," 

 said Haiwanenqgwu (who did not desire to go, although he could 

 not help doing as he was commanded); "I will rest tonight and 

 start in the morning." " You may do so," added Tsodiqgwadon. 



Early the next morning Haiwanenqgwi started, walking on the 

 ground, but when he came to the water at the end of the earth he 

 walked on the air until he arrived at Tgawenosdenh.-''"' where he saw- 

 many kinds of people, whom he notified, and then returned home. 

 On his arrival there, Tsodiqgwadon asked him, "Are you now- 

 through with your task?" "Yes," replied the messenger. "No; 

 you have not yet finished your work," declared his questioner. 

 " You must go to Othowege,-'-"' where the chief Hathogowa -"■'' dwells, 

 in the far regions of the north. You will have to travel on the air in 

 order to go there and return in one day." 



So Haiwanenqgwi went on the air until he reached Othowege, 

 which was a very cold place, for the wind was blowing and the 

 snow was falling all the time. Hathogowa, the chief, was naked 

 (he looked like a human being), and there were a great number of 

 the Otho-'"^ people. Haiwanen(|gwi delivered his message to all. In 

 i-eply to the invitation they said, "It is well; we will go to Broken 

 Land." 



Haiwanenqgwi thence returned home. When he arrived there 

 Tsodiqgwadon said to him, " You are not yet through with your 

 task." " Well," replied the messenger, " I will wait until tomorrow, 

 for I am so tired that I can not start today." So then next morning 

 Tsodi(igwadon gave him further instructions, saying to him: "1 

 want you to go to Onenonhge,^^" where Dedioshwineqdon '""' lives. To 

 get there you must go directly to the southern end of the earth." 



