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he has become weary when he will blow her ashes to destruction. 

 Such things happen to those who will not believe in Gai'wiio'.' " 

 So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION 104 



" Now he saw a certain nude woman coming out from a crowd 

 and in all the hair of her body were writhing serpents. Her cheeks 

 were parched to the bone where she had been wont to color them 

 and likewise where her hair was parted there was no flesh. Now 

 she was greatly ashamed but she could not cover her nakedness. So 

 in this condition he saw her. 



" Then said the four messengers, ' Saw thou that woman ? In 

 life she was wont to give on'oityi'yende, [secret powders] to men 

 to attract them to her. So you have seen the punishment meted 

 out to those who do this and do not repent.' " 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION 105 



" Now they revealed another. 



" Now the master of the house looked about and saw another 

 person. So he said, ' Come here, my nephew, I wish to see you flog 

 your wife as was your custom on the earth.' The punisher then 

 pointed out the image of a woman heated hot with fire and com- 

 manded the man to beat the image. Then the man pleaded with 

 moans to be released from the command but the punisher forced 

 him to strike the image with his bare hands, and the man fell in 

 agony prostrate upon the floor screaming. So he saw. 



" Then said the four messengers, ' You have seen the punish- 

 ment given to the man who beat his wife. Thus it will be with all 

 who fail to repent and fail to believe in Gai'wiio'. Now such was the 

 evil that this man did to grieve his Creator.' " 



So they said and he said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION 106 



" Now they revealed another. 



" The master of the house called out the names of two persons, 

 saying, ' Come here, my nephews,'^ and straightway they stood 

 before him. Then said he, ' Commence an argument, you two, for 

 you are the man and wife who in your earth-life were wont to 



'' The Seneca term means, " my sister's children," thus both nephews and 

 nieces. 



