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ho<\vt)iil(l give nic iiid." Now. hi" siiid: "Fur yondiT sttuuls the. lodge 

 of my futhor, the Wind; he will aid lue; lie will umke the bodies of all 

 the hinds of animal [nian-bcings]; and by all mean.s still something else 

 that will bo an aid to me." So now he started. He had not gone far 

 when in the distance he saw the place where stood the lodge of his 

 father. He arrived there, and there a man-being abode who had four** 

 children, two males and two females. The youth said: "I have now 

 arrived. O father, it is necessarj- that thou shouldst aid me. And that 

 which I need are the game [animals] and also some other things." 

 They were all pleased that they saw him. So now he, the Ancient, 

 their father, said: "So let it lie. Truly I will fulfil all of thy require- 



diioi"'wa" 



thermit is 

 reason 



thono"'so't 



ue" 



the 



aagiu"dage"ha\ " 



he me should aid." 



O' 



waen : 



he it said: 



ha'ni' 



ne 



the 



Ga'*hiV, 



It Wind, 



e a cionni 



he it will make 



ha'gwisde""' 



smnethiug 



Da', o'ne" 



So, now 



ue' 



the 



ha'deganio"'dage' ; 



tgagon" 



by all means 



'■ Honwe'-gwa' 



■■ Where in direction 



e'"gie'na"wa's, 



lie me will aid, 



'a''so"'-kho" 



still and 



gie" ne" 



some of the 

 them 



wafi^dendi'. 



he startecl. 



o la , 



other 



The""'e"" 



Xot it is 



waa ge 



he it .'^w 



he""dio"' 



he abode 



hofiwe'-gwa 



where 



na", degiias'he" 



they (f.) two are 

 persons 



o'gio""': ha'ni'. 



direction 



hoii'gwe'. 



he man- 

 being is, 



degni'o"' 



tgano"'so't. 



gagwe go 



it all 



de'we'e" 



far away 



O'ne"' ne'''ho' 



Now there 



e"agia'dage''ha". " 



he me will aid." 



deawe'noiT o'ne"" 



he went now 



waa'io"' ne"'ho' 



cre'i'" ni'ok.sa'da'ie"'. 



he arrived 



deiias'he' 



they (m.) two 

 are persons 



WaeiT' 



He it said 



haksa'dase'' 



he youth: 



I ha 



oh. 



ne 



that 



ne 



the 



dewagadoendjon'ni' 



it me is necessary for 



there 



deidji'- 



they(m.) 



two are 



male 



' O'ne-" 



"Now 



arrived; lather, 



Ne'' ne"' dewagadoefidjofi'nr ne'' ganio"'shon"o"' 



That the it me is necessary for the it game (collective.) 



a.sgia ( 



thou me shouldst 

 aid. 



ne"kho' ne 



that and tht 



ha*'gwi.sde"' gie" 



anything some of 



them 



ne'' wa'ofiwage""'. 



the they him saw. 



ne" 



the 



Da', 



So, 



o la . 



it other. 



o ne 



now 



Gagwe'go" 



It all 



waefi'' n( 



he it said tl 



waeiinadon'ha'en" 



they were pleased 



Hage""tci' ne" 



He Ancient the 



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a The use of the number four here is remarkable. It seems that the two female children are intro- 

 duced merely to retain the number four, since they do not take any part in the events of the legend. 

 It appears to the writer that the visiting boy and hi.s warty brother are here inadvertently displaced 

 by the narrator by the substitution of the two girls for the reason given above, owing to his or a 

 predecessor's failure to recall all the parts of the legend. This form has emphasized the importance of 

 the twins to the practical exclusion of the other brothers. In the Algonquian Potawatomi genesis 

 narrative, which, like those of its congeners, appears to be derived from a source common to both 

 Iroquoian and Algonquian narrators, four male children are named as the offspring of the personage 

 here called Wind. For the Potawatomi version consult De Smet, Oregon Missions, page 347. 



