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attached, and, besides this, thou shait continuous!}- journej' onward."' 

 He pointed thither, and said: " ' The place where it plunges itself into 

 the deep [that is. the west]' people will habitually call the place 

 whither thou shalt habitually descend, the place wherein thou shalt 

 hal)itually be immersed. At these times, verilj^ darkness will come 

 upon the earth present here; and 'The place where the sun rises [that 

 is, the east]' people will habitually call the place whence thou wilt 

 habitually peer out, and people will say, 'Now the Sun has come out.' 

 Then shalt thou raise thyself upward therefrom. Thus thou shalt 

 continue to have this function to perform. Thou shait continue to 

 give light to this earth." Besides this he said: "Whensoever man- 

 kind mention thee, they will ever say customarily: 'He is the Great 

 Warrior who supplies us with light.'" So then, in its turn, now 

 came of course the luminary, the Moon, which was his mother's head, 



e"'satia"tanen'takto""hake' nen' ta'hno"" o'k 



wilt thou thy body attach now and just 



(as a tixture) 



e"'sa'tentionha'tie'.'" lii'ha'tca'te"' wa'hfMTro"': 



thou shalt move along." Thither he he it said; 



pointed 



tchot'ho's e"konwaiats'heke' dji' e"'s non'we 



vhere cus- the place 



e°tiotkonta"kwe"' 



it shall be contin- 



"Dji' 



•• Where 



ia'tewat- 



there it 



ie"'.sats'no"'te' 



■ilv 



ie°'sanonwi're'te'. E'tho'ne' 



wa"hi' 



verilv 



nen 



there thou shalt 

 go down 



"tiokii'ra'hwe' 



dji' 



io"'hwefidjia'te\ 



it earth is present. 



Dji' 



Where 



tkara'kwi'neke"': 



there it sun comes 



e"konwaia'tsheke' 



(ia"ha"tcate" 



(thither he 

 pointed 



dji' 



where 



noiika'ti') 



the side of 

 it) 



ofi'kwe' neiT 



he'"s 



nonka'ti' 



side of it 



te"sake'to'te" ne' 



e lai ro ne 



one it will the man-being 

 Bay (human) 



tontesathara'tate". E" 



There 



there thou shalt the 

 tomarlly peer over 



takara'kwi'neke"'ne'. Ta', e'tho'ne' 



it sun has come up. So, at that 



time 



ni'io't dji' e"*sateri'hon'take', te"ssh- 



soitis where thou duty wilt have it, thou 



wathe"take' ne' 



it wilt make the 

 light 



" Kat'ke' ne' 



"Whenever the 



dji' io^'hwendjia'te'." Nen' ta'hno"" wa'hen'ro"': 



where it earth IS present." Now and he it said: 



on'kwe' 



Ro'ske"'rake'te"kowa' 



' He Great Warrior (is) 



i'se' e"iesana'to"' e"ionto"''heke' 



thou one thee shall one shall continue 



designate to say 



' teshonkwa'shwathe"tenni's. " 



he us causes it lo be light lor.' " 



Ta'. 



rao'"'ha' 



he himself 



e'tho'ne' nen' nofi'wa' ne'ne' 



at that now the present the 



time time that 



ro'nisten"ha'-ke"'ha' akonon'dji" 



his mother a was her head 



(^"•hni'ttV 



it moon 



ne 



wa"hi' 



verily 



ne' ro'.sot'ha' 



dji' 



.vhere 



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