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you on your road," thus they said. "Hayi! Yes, indeed. Now 

 that you have passed us on our road here where we cannot see one 

 another, where we just trample on one another, where we just urinate 

 on one another, where we just befoul one another, where we just 

 follow one another around, far be it from me to speak against it. 

 But rather let it be as my younger brother, the priest of the west 

 shall say. A\Tien he says, 'Let it be thus,' that way it shall be. So 

 now, you two call him." Thus said the priest of the north and they 

 went and stood close against the west side.'" .... 



"Well, perhaps by means of the thoughts of someone somewhere it 

 may be that we shall go out standing into the daylight of our sun 

 father." Thus he said. The two thought. "Come, let us go ovei 

 there to talk with eagle priest." They went. They came to where 

 eagle was staying. "You have come." "Yes." "Sit down." 

 They sat down. "Speak!" "We want you." "WTiere?" "Near 

 by, to where our fathers, Ea-eto"we, tcu-eto'we, stay quietly, we sum- 

 mon you." "Haiyi!" So they went. They came to where 

 Ea-eto"we stayed. "Well, even now when you summoned me, I 

 have passed you on your roads. Surely there is something to say; 

 it will not be too long a talk. So now if you let me know that I shall 

 always remember it," thus he said. "Yes, indeed, it is so. Our 

 fathers, Ea-eto'we, tcu-eto'we, mu-eto'we, ie-eto'we, all the society 

 priests shall go out standing into the daylight of their sun father. 

 You will look for their road. " "Very well, " he said, " I am going, " 

 he said. He went around. Coming back to his starting place he 

 went a little farther out. Coming back to his starting place again he 

 went still farther out. Coming back to his starting place he went 

 way far out. Coming back to his starting place, nothing was visible. 

 He came. To where ka-eto'we stayed he came. After he sat down 

 they questioned him. "Now you went yonder looking for the road 

 going out. What did you see in the world?" "Nothing was vis- 

 ible." "Haiyi!" "Very well, I am going now." So he went. 



When he had gone the two thought. "Come, let us summon our 

 grandson, cokapiso,"'^" thus they said. They went. They came to 

 where cokiipiso stayted. "Our grandson, how have you lived these 

 days?" "Where I live happily you have passed me on my road. I 

 think perhaps there is something to say; it will not be too long a 

 talk. So now when you let me know that, 1 shall always remember 

 it," thus he said. "Yes, indeed, it is so. Our fathers, Ea-eto-we, 

 tcu-eto-we, mu-eto'we, le-eto-we, all the society priests are about to 

 come out standing into the daylight of their sun father. We summon 

 you that you may be the one to look for their road." "Indeed?" 

 Thus he said. They went. When they got there, they questioned 



•' The foregoing paragraph repeated tor the si\ directions as indicated in text. 

 ''" An unidentified bird. 



