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pass that at .soiiie tiino these j^reat serpents desire to seize people as 

 they severally ti'avel from place to place, thou must at on(;c kill such 

 serpents, and when thou killest them, they will he that on which 

 thou shalt feed. Other animals also, equal in otkon orenda [nailetic 

 magic power]" to these, all such shall fare like them. Thou wilt 

 ever have these to watch — have these as thy adversaries. Now then, 

 of course, I have finished this matter. Now then such is the office 

 thou hast assumed. Mankind will name thee "Our Grandfather- 

 whose-voice-is-customarily-uttcred-in -divers-places." Then, indeed, 

 they two parted company. There the legend ends. 



I'se' 



Thou 



NeiT 



Now 



ni'io't 



Bo It is 



'•sateri'hwaienni"hak 



that 

 one 



ka'tr 



so then 



dji' wa'sateri'hoii'te"' 



that thou thy task shalt hav 



one habitually 



wa''hi' 



verily 



wa'keri'ho'kte"". 



1 matter have ended. 



Neil' 



Now 



te"'sewa'hnio'take'. 



ye shall be adversaries 

 habitually. 



ka'ti' ni'se' e'' 



so then the thus 



tho 



Ne' 



The 



on kwe 



man-being 



e"ie.sana'to"''khwake' 



Raksot'ha' 



.' graufl- 



fathe 



K'tho'ne' 



Raweiinota'tie'se"." 



His-voice-goes-abon t - 

 sounding. ' 



'ii' tonsakiatekha'si". 



w they two separated. 



E'tho' 



There 



nika'kares. 



(J 

 7 

 8 

 9 



a See p. 224 and Orenda and a Definition of Religion, by J. N.B. Hewitt. An 

 vol. 4, p. 33, 1902. 



, Anthropologist (N. s.j. 



