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must lay thee. Now, moreover, there at thy head jshe with wliom thou 

 dost abide must sit with her legs hanging down into the abyss." 

 Then, verily, the chief replied, saying: " Ku". I am thankful that 

 ye have divined my word. Now all things have ])een fulfilled. " 



Verily, it did thus come to pass that they did uproot the standing 

 tree. Tooth, that grew beside the lodge of the chief. And all the 

 inhabitants of that place came thither with the intention of looking 

 into the abyss. It did thus come to pass that everyone that dwelt 

 there did look therein. At that time the chief then .said, addressing 

 his spou.se: "Now, too, let us two look into the abj^ss. Thou mu.st 

 bear her. Zephyrs, on thy back. Thou must wrap thj'self with 

 care." Now, moreover, he gave to her three ears of corn, and, next in 



da'giin'. O'ne"' di" tea" noii'we' uisno"'hil'ie"' ne"'tlio' e"iet- 



lay. Now miiru- the the there thy seaip there slie 



over where place lies \vill 



gd'dak ne" desni'Meii', o'sadagoii'wa' 



sit the ve two nbiiie it abyss in 



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13 



ha'de"iago'si''de"'donnio'"- 



tosether, 



'hck." O'ne'" hi'ia" ne" ha'sefinowane" 



3 Now verily tlie he ehief 



we"'"ha' w:Vsgwefiiiowe""'nha". 



4 thankful thon my word hast divined. 



iei"'khe'." 



•^ fnllilled." 



just her two feet will 

 severally hang." 



Ne"th()' 



There 



hi'ia 



verily 



niiawe" i" ne 



so it came 

 to pass 



Ono"dja' tea"' ga"he' ne' 



the 



10 



11 



O'ne" 



Now 



ne^'tho' 



there 

 came to 



tea' 



It tree 

 stands 



ena'gee' 



thev dwell 



gagwe'gr 



it all 



hegatgat'hwa' tea" 



tea" hodiendoda'gwe"" ne" 



the they (ni.) tree the 



where uprooted 



hono"'sa'kdir ne" ha'.seiinowa'ne"'. 



his lod^e be- the he ehief {isi. 



side it 



ne"tho' dfi'ie"' gawei'hfi'die' 



there hitherone one came desiring it 



( they ) came ('for the purpose of it ) 



o'sadagon'wa'. Ne"tho' nwa'- 



ilabvssin. There soil 



tea" hwa'hodi'he"g tea" ni'io" 



■here 



hwa hoiitgat'hwa'. 



thither they (m.) 

 looked. 



shagawe""has i 



her addressed 



ena gee 



theydndef.) 



Tho"e"e' o'ne 



he"diatgat'hwa' 



thither we two will 

 look 



'hawa' ne" 



tea' 



At that 

 (time) 



he'na' 



his 

 spouse 



o'sa'de' 



so it is much 

 (many) 



ha'sennowane' 



he chief (isi 



ne"tho' 



there 



ne 



wa'he"'liefi": 



he it sitid: 



De"'sadaksa'de 



Thou wilt bear on 



"O'ne" 



ne" e"sheia'de"'- 



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15 



the it abyss is 



where present. 



CTaende"so"k. £'"sa"gwas e"'satdoge"'sda ." O'ne"' 



Thou thyself 



dashaga'o"' ne' 



one""ha 



it corn. 



ve lage", 



i in num- 



that 

 (it is) 



