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light by night on the earth" and the light of day was there estab- 

 lished and also the light of the moon at night. Then began to grow 

 upon the earth grass and flowers and trees and grains and vege- 

 tables for food for men and animals. 



After some time God met his brother the Devil on the shore of 

 the island and having discovered that he was intent on spoiling 

 everything he made, he rebuked him sharply and told him he must 

 stop doing mischief and not spoil his work any more. The Devil 

 answered that he had a right to control things as well as he, that he 

 could make wise things too. God said, " Well, try then now, and let 

 me see if you can make a dish which will be useful. ' ' The Devil went 

 to work and did it very well but when he put water in it it fell to 

 pieces and was useless. God then took the sand on the shore and 

 formed a dish and took it and dipped water and set it down and it 

 was whole and useful. 



APPENDIX B 

 THE STONE GIANTS 1 



As God was walking about on earth and taking care of the things 

 he had made, he met a company of people whom he accosted in a 

 friendly way and asked them who was their master and where they 

 were going and what was their business. They said that they were in- 

 dependent and that they were going to find some people who lived 

 over that way and were going to kill them and eat them. God told 

 them that they had better not go, that they might get killed them- 

 selves, but they persisted in going on. As soon as they were out of 

 sight he took some coal and blackened his face and took a long circuit 

 and ran with great speed to a place where he thought he could 

 intercept them. He broke down an oh-so-ah tree and carried it for 

 a club. When he met them he gave them battle and killed all but 

 two, who ran away. God took the same path back to where he met 

 them and having washed off the crock from his face he stood 

 waiting their approach. He said, "Well, what luck did you have? " 

 They said, "We are all dead but us two." " That's what I told you, " 

 he said. The people were clothed in garments of stone and were 

 called Ga-nos-gwah. 



APPENDIX C 

 THE DE-O-HA-KO 2 



Spirits of the Corn, Beans and Squash 

 These plants are considered special gifts from the Great Spirit 

 to the red man, and the welfare of each is intrusted to an individual 



1 Verbatim from manuscript of Mrs A. Wright's interview with Chief Esquire Johnson. 



2 From Mrs Converse's manuscript notes. 



