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result was that she got anorv, saying: ""Nc'ver will I make him a 

 bow and also an arrow. It is he, verily, who killed her who was the 

 mother of you two." 



It continued thus that the two lirothers played together. They 

 were in the habit of making a circuit of the island" iloating there. 

 And, as rapidly as they made a circuit of it, so rapidlj- did the earth 

 increase in size. When, it is said, the island had grown to a great 

 size, then he who had been cast out of doors kept saying: "'Man- 

 beings* are about to dwell here."' The other person kept saying: 

 "What manner of thing is the I'eason that thou dost keep saying, 

 'Man-beings are about to dwell here r " He said: "The reason that 

 I say that is that it is a matter of fact that man-beings are about to 



khwe""ha'' getTgwa", iion'do"k. 



became only. she it kept 



'Hiia*' hwen'do"' 



" Not ever 



a en na 



it bow 



ga'hes'ga" 



it arrow 



Na'ie' 



hi'iii' 



verily. 



thalvhe'sen'nie"' 



malie for 



shaffo'io' 1 



she'.snino'"h:l 



Ne"tho' 



Tbere 



ni'io't hiie°'noie°"ha' de'hiade^'hnon'da'. De'hiiathwa- 



The (m.) two made 

 customarily a 



da'.ses tea"' ga'hwe"no". Na'ie' ne" 



circuit the it island float.**, 



of it where 



Wii'hiathwada'se' ffe°'s he" 



tea"' 



That 



(it i.s) 



ge" s 



custom- 

 arily 



o°'hwendjia'de'. O'ne"'. 



it earth is preseiit. Xow, 



tea" ga'hwe"no' tho"ge' 



the it island at that 



where floats time 



hoia'doii'dio"': "Oii'gwe" 



she his body cast: "Man-being 



niio sno we 



so it is rapid 



ne 



the 



tea" 



ne 



the 



shaiiV'diida' : 



he one person is: 



ia'ke"". gowa'ne"' 



it is said. it much 



(is) 



o'ne"' i'ha'do°k 



now he it kept 



saying 



ofinagat'he' ne"' 



they are about the 

 to dwell 



Ho't nofiwa'ho"de' 



niio'sno we 



? so it is rapid 



re 



wa'wadodia'ga' 



it grew in size 



wa'ododi'ha'die' 



hence it continued 

 to grow in size 



nen'ge"' a'wet 



this one it can out 



(it is) be of doors 



tho'ne"'." I'ha'do"k 



here." He it kept 



saying 



diioi"hwa" tea"' 



ne" 



the 



a-sde" 



• What 



1.1 of thing 



i'sa'do"k: 



t hou art 

 .saying: 



'• Na'ie' 



"That 

 (it is) 



ofi'gwe' 



man-being 



' Ofi'gwe" 



' Man-being 



onnaerafhe' ne" 



tho'i 



here: 



there its matter (is) 

 (^is the rea.son) 



Wrrhe^'hen"' 



10 



11 



ne"' diioi"hwa' ne"' na'ie' 



the there its matter (is) the that 



( = is the reason) (it is) 



e"iofinagat' ne"' tho'ne"". 1" 



thev (indef.) the here. I 



iga'do"k ne"' do'ge"s se"' 



I keep say- the it is true asamat- 1^ 



ing it ter of fact 



na" iga'do"k ne"' Odendon- 



that I keep .say- the It Sap- 13 

 one ing it 



fl Hence arose the idea so prevalent among Amerindian peoples that the earth is an Lsland, 

 floating on the primal sea. 

 l^Here man-being means hunuin being. 



