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slept." Haweni'io' said, " Every power of your bodies is renewed. 

 I will test you." 



The brothers followed Haweni'io' to a fine grove of trees sur- 

 rounded by a thick hedge. All kinds of flowers were blooming 

 outside. " My deer are here," said Haweni'io'. 



A large buck with wide antlers ran toward them. " He is the 

 swiftest of my runners. Try and catch him," said Haweni'io'. 



The men ran after the deer, and rapidly overtook him. " He has 

 given us good speed," the brothers said. They soon discovered that 

 they had many surpassing abilities, and the great man tested them 

 all on that day. 



They returned to the white lodge, and the brothers saw a messen- 

 ger running toward them. Upon his wide chest was a bright ball of 

 light. It was very brilliant. In some unknown language he shouted 

 to Haweni'io' and dashed on. 



"Do you understand his words, or do you know that man?" 

 asked Haweni'io'. " He is the sun, my messenger. Each day he 

 brings me news. Nothing from east to west escapes his eye. He 

 has just told me of a great war raging between your people and 

 another nation. Let us look down on the earth and see what is 

 happening." 



They all went to a high hill in the middle of the country, and 

 looked down through a hole where a tree had been uprooted. They 

 saw two struggling bands of people and all the houses burning. 

 They could hear people crying and yelling their war cries. 



'* Men will always do this," said Haweni'io', and then they went 

 down the hill. 



The brothers stayed a long time in the upper world, and learned 

 so much that they never could tell it all. Sometimes they looked 

 down on the earth and saw villages in which no one lived. They 

 knew that they were waiting for people to be born and live there. 

 In the upper world they saw villages, likewise, awaiting the coming 

 of people. Haweni'io' told them a good many things, and after a 

 time told a messenger to lead them to the path that the sun took 

 when he came out on the earth in the morning. They followed the 

 messenger and came out on the earth. They waited until the 

 sun went over the earth and had gone to the west. Again then 

 they went under the edge of the sky in the east, and came out in 

 their country again. It was night, and they slept on the ground. 

 In the morning they saw their own village, and it was overgrown 

 with trees. They followed a path through the woods and came 



