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watcht'il him there. So then, when he had, of course, caused them to 

 live, he placed them together. 



Then it wa.s that Sapling started upon a journe.y to inspect the con- 

 dition of the things he had finished on the earth then standing forth. 

 Then, at that time, he came again to review those things and to see 

 what things man [of the human race] was doing. 



Then he returned to the place in which he had given them liberty. 

 So then he found the two doing nothing except sleeping habitually. 

 He merely looked at them, and went away. But when he came 

 again their condition was unchanged; the}' slept habitually. Thus 

 then, in this manner matters stood the very few times he visited them; 

 the condition was unchanged; they slept customarily. Thereupon he 

 took a rib from each, and substituted the one for the other, and 

 replaced each one in the other body Then, of course, he watched them, 



ia'tate'ken"a' 



Tawi'skaro"". 



Flint. 



Ne' 



The 



ka'tr 



so then 



wa"hr 



verily 



wa'shakao'n'hete' 



he them caused to live 



ska' 



Neil' 



Nnw- 



nio""h:V 



to view 

 them 



ejiil'te'. 



present. 



'othe'no" 



something 



wa''hi" ne' 



wa"shako"tero"\ 



he them placed. 



wa'ha'ten'tr 



he started 



Oterontonni'Ti 



It Sapling 



where 



Ne' 



-ke"- 



is it 



ni'io't 



so it is the v 



ka'ti' ne' 



.so then the 



ni"hatie"r"ha' 



so he is doing 



dji' ros'a'^ho"' ne' 



dji' 



where 



dji' iiefi' 



where now 



sifhatke^'se- 



again he went 



wato'^'hweii- 



it earth is 



dji' 



where 



nen 



now 



tonta''shakontke"'se'ro"' 



again he them viewed in order 



ne' on'kwe" 



Ne' ka'tr 



The so then 



•' ka'tr 



dji' 



where 



neii 



now 



8a rawe 



again he 



dji' 



where 



othe'no"" 



anything 



teiatie'r 



thev two 1 



4ia' 



nofi'we" 



place 



o'k' n 



li'.shakotka'we"'' 



just he them left 



roti'ta'.s. 



they slept. 



Ne'' 



o'k- 



only 



Ne' 



The 

 E" 



wa'shakotkat' ho' 



he them looked at 



ak'te" 



non we 



the place 



nonka'ti" 



side of it 



niionsa re , 



just again he 



ka'tr 



so then 



ka'tr 



so then 



nen 



now 



a re 



again 



kato'ke"' 



unchanged 



ni'io't 



so it is 



ni'io't akwt'r' to'ka''i 



ko'k'ta'se* 



them visited. 



skat'sho"' 



one each 



kato'ke"' 



unchanged 



ni'io't roti'ta's 



nonterats'te' ne' 



it is repeated the 



Ta'. e''tho'ne 



roti'ta's. 



they slept 

 habitually. 



wa'sha- 



So, 



habitual 



WiVshakote'karota'ko', nen' ta'hno"" 



he them rib took out of. nou 



wa'thate'nr 



and 



dji' 



where 



sa'shakote'karo'te"'. 



he them ex- 

 changed 



Nen' wa"hf wa*shakote'niko"'rri're'" wa're're': 



Xow verily he them watched he it thought: 



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