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Thereupon the leader of the band. Dehaenhyowens, said, " Come, 

 then; let us now laj' aside our burden of scalps in this place for safe- 

 ke«ping until our return." So each of the band carefully concealed 

 his pack of scalps in such manner that he would be able to find it 

 should he ever have the opportunity of passing that spot again. 

 When they had concealed the scalps Dehaenhyowens, addressing him- 

 self to him who had last spoken, said, " Now, it is thou who must 

 take the lead in passing this obstacle in our path, for our path 

 leads directly into that farther country. We must pass so quickly 

 under the sky as it rises that we shall not be caught by it wlien it 

 falls back again." 



So the man who had been designated to take the lead, having 

 reassured himself, selected a favorable starting point for his dash 

 under the sky. Carefully timing the rising and the falling of the 

 sky. he finally dashed forward as swiftly as possible. His friends 

 watched him run onwai"d until he had disappeared from view on 

 the farther side of the barrier. As the sky kept on rising and falling 

 a second man. making like dispositions, dashed forward, clearing the 

 barrier as the first had done, and disappearing from view on the 

 other side. The third and the fourth man had like success in clearing 

 this obstacle. The sky, however, did not cease from rising and fall- 

 ing back on its resting place. 



It was then the turn of the fifth and last man to make the 

 perilous attempt. His four companions anxiously watched him mak- 

 ing his dispositions to clear the danger which they had safely passed. 

 They did not see him start, but as the sky arose they saw him still far 

 from the passage, and just as he entered it the sky fell back crush- 

 ing him to death. He had miscalculated the distance he had to run 

 to reach the passageway, and thus his career ended. 



Then the leader of the band, Dehaenhyowens, said : " Let us be 

 thankful that we have been fortunate enough to go through this 

 danger, which has taken one of our number. We now number only 

 four, and we are without arms or other means of defense. We know 

 not whether we shall require them or not. Now, I believe that we 

 must depart hence and go forward. It is very evident that we have 

 arrived in a land quite different from the one known to us. The 

 light of this world is unequaled in its brightness; the daylight of the 

 land whence we started is like the light of a starlight night com- 

 ])ared with it. Now, let us depart hence. We will go, seeking to 

 find human beings, if there be such, who may have a settlement here." 



Without further parleying they started forward. As they trav- 

 eled along they saw that the trees of all kinds were very large and 

 tall, and tliat they were in full bloom; these trees were of surpassing 

 beauty. The travelers were greatly surprised to learn that the 

 flowers supplied the light of that world, and they also observed that 



