THE CODE OF HANDSOME LAKE 69 



SECTION 96 



" Now again they took up their journey and had not traveled far 

 when they saw a crowd on both sides of the road. And when they 

 came to where it was they saw that they were at the forks of the 

 road. One road, on the right, was a narrow one and the tracks 

 upon it were mostly those of children and all were pointed in one 

 direction. Few adults had their tracks on this road, the road rough 

 and wide. Now as* they watched they saw a woman approaching 

 the forks of the road from behind them. She came to where the 

 road divided and as she halted before the roads a man who stood 

 to the left shouted, 'To this side.' (Now the road of the wicked 

 is owa'etga°, a rough road.) Then the man on the right said, 

 ' Not so. This woman has done her whole duty. She has truly 

 repented.' Then answered the man on the left, ' You are wrong, 

 for her repentance has been of short duration and so of slight effect. 

 But the man on the right replied, ' Truly in her earth-life she re- 

 pented and was faithful to her promises. This is all that is required 

 and she will walk upon the narrow road.' 



'' Now one of the messengers turned to him and said, ' The 

 woman has lived a repented life for three days and has entered 

 into the happy eternity. It was not an easy matter for her to do so 

 of herself, but we, the messengers, have plead before the Creator 

 and he has heard us. Three times we assist every one who believes 

 to continue in the faith of the Gai'wiio'. At this division in the 

 great road we guide the spirits of the earth into Tain'tciade 

 (heaven land). At the forks of the road the spirits of the dead 

 are divided. The narrow road leads to the pleasant lands of the 

 Creator and the wide and rough road leads to the great lodge of 

 the punisher.' " 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION 97 



" So now another. 



" ' Verily you have seen the breast of a man hanging here by the 

 road and in the center of that breast you saw a bullet hole.^ Now 

 we have caused this thing to be placed there. All will see it and 

 he will see it who did the wrong when he comes upon the great 

 road and know that he must turn aside and enter upon a journey 

 over the wide and rough road.' " 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



1 See section 56. 



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