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him he handed them what seemed a pack of red hot iron cards. 

 Then he forced the two to sit down facing each other and com- 

 pelled them to shuffle the cards and as they did flames spurted 

 out from between them. So they cried out in great agony, sucked 

 their fingers in their mouths, handled the cards again until their 

 flesh was eaten away and the meat fell off. So this is what he saw. 



" Then the messengers said, ' This is the punishment meted out 

 to those who handle cards and repent not.' " 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION no 



'' Verily he saw those who were upon the earth and those who 

 were alive and he saw the wicked in the house of torment. He 

 saw Gowono^^'^gowa [she great talker], Gakon'go' [she-glutton 

 animal], Ganonjoni'yon [hanging kettle] and Hano'es [head- 

 cater]. Verily he saw these four persons. 



" Then said the four messengers, ' These four have committed 

 the great sin and can not be forgiven.' " 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION III 



" Then said the messengers, ' We will proceed on our journey. 

 It would be a hard thing should we tarry too long and meet the 

 Creator on the road before we reach his pleasant lands. If we 

 should meet him you should be compelled to stay here forever.' "-^ 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION 112 



" Then they went out upon the narrow road and had not gone far 

 upon it when a far more brilliant light appeared. It was then that 

 they smelled the fragrant odors of the flowers along the road. 

 Delicious looking fruits were growing on the wayside and every 

 kind of bird flew in the air above them. The most marvelous and 

 beautiful things were on every hand. And all these things were on 

 the heaven road." Eniaiehuk. 



SECTION 113 



" So they continued on their journey and after a short time they 

 came to a halt. Then spoke the messengers, ' This place is called, 

 " the spring " and it is a place for rest.' Then behold he saw the 

 spring and he thought that he had never seen so beautiful and 



1 See legend, Two brothers who went to the sky, p. 132. 



