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thou hast arrived in peace." Then the maiden again spoke and said: 

 "Ye severally must make preparations by severallj' removing the 

 roofs from jouv lodges. There is an abundance of meat and corn 

 also coming, as animals do come, when it becomes night, by and by." 

 And at that time she at once went to the place where lay the burial- 

 case of her dead father, and now, moreover, she again climbed up 

 there. As soon as she reached the place, she said: " Oh, my father, I 

 have now returned home." He said, in replying: "How fared it? 

 Was he willing to do itT' She said: "He was willing." Now, again, 

 he spoke, saj'ing: "I am thankful that thou wast able to do it, as it 

 seems. Thou art fortunate in this matter. And it seems, moreover, 

 good, that thou shouldst, perhaps, at once return home, for the reason, 

 verih', that the chief is immune to magic potence, that nothing can 

 affect the orenda of Chief-who-has-the-standing-tree-called-Tooth, and 

 whom some call He-holds-the-earth." 



tea" sken'no"' wa'sio"'." O'ne"' tcieda'dia' ne" eksii'go'na' 



the woU (it is) thou hast Now again she the .she maiden 1 



wliere arrived." spoke lis) 



wa'a'heiT': ' " E"swadoge"s'da' e"swasgwa"hen'gwa"ho"' tea"' 



she it said: " Ye it will prepare ye bark roof will take off the -^ 



well pluraliy where 



swano"".saieii'do"'. Odo'hen'do"' 0'wa"ha', o'ne""ha o"nr, o 



ye lodges have pluraliy. It is abundant it meat, it corn also, 



dagon'ne' ne" o'ne"" ge"''dji'k e"io"gak." Tho"ge" o'ne"' goiida- 



thencethey the now by and by will it become At that now at once ^ 



(z.)arecoming ' night." (time) 



die" ne"tho' nhwa'e"' tea" nofi'we' tga'ho'"sa"ha' ne" go'ni'ha'- _ 



there thither she the the place there it ease the her father "^ 



went where up-lies 



ge'"'hir, o'ne"' di" ne"tho' hon.saiea"the"'. Ganio" hwa'e'io"' 



it was, now more- there thither again she So soon there she 



over climbed. as arrived 



o'ne"' waa'heii": ••G'niiia"' o'ne"' sagio""." Ni'ha'wen' tea" ^ 



now she it said: "My father. now again I have Thence he it the ' 



returned." said wliere 



da'hrd'hwa'sii'gwa': " Hatc'gwi". Wirhokfue""h{V-khe"" ?" Wa'a'hen": 



heanswered: "Howisit, he was willing, was he?" Sheitsaid: " 



" Wa"hokaie"''ha'." O'ne"' he" da'hawennitge""nha" wa he"'hen": „ 



" He was willing." Now again thence he word spoke he it said: * 



" Niiawe""ha' . tea" wa sgwe'nia' nige"khe"". ^^'e'swadaii'shwiio.s'- 



" I am thankful the thou wast able itwouldseem. It prospers your (pi.) -i*' 



where to do it does it not (forsooth). fortune. 



da'. Na'ie' di" oia'ne' oil" ne" gondadie" hoiisa'sa'den'dia'. 



That more- it i.s proba- the at once hence again thou 



litis) over good bly shouldst depart, 



swa'djik' hi'ia" hiia" ,ste"" nonwa'ho"diV'' de'honago'wits ne" 



because verily, not any- kind of thing it affects him (he is the 1^ 



(too much) _ (it is) thing immune to orenda) 



nen'ge"' ne" Ha'seiinowa'ne"' ne" Hoda"he' na'ie' ne" Ono"- 



thisone the He chief (is) the Hchasa tTiat the It 13 



standing tree ( it is) 



dja' nwiX'gaendo"dii"' ; na'ie' ne" o'diil'k Hao"'hwendjiawa"gi" 



tooth such it tree kind of that the some He-earth-holds ^ "t 



(is); (it is) 



honwana'do""khwa"." .. ~ 



they it use to designate him." 



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