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the opposite side of the road until at last we stopped 1 ,, ashamed. Swiftly my com- 
panion then attacked it with all his powers. The monster burst into flame and, 
screaming, fell over the cliff far downward. The mist cleared instantly, and we 
continued on until we came to the end of the road. 
My companion now invoked his powers of flight. Downward we soared, over 
sharp-pointed mountains, until we reached a valley never before illuminated by any 
sun from the great heavens above the surface of this earth. No growing thing was 
there, only trees of immense age, whose roots lay like snakes along the ground on 
which we landed. We searched again for the great road. Now and then, as we 
travelled on, the ground jarred and rumbled underneath us. "We reached wdiat 
seemed a roadway, where we saw human beings who spoke no word to each other, 
not, however, from pride or haughtiness, for they seemed not to notice one 
another. Nor did they show signs of envy or hatred, for none possessed more than 
another. They appeared to walk not on the road, but at. great speed on the air. 
Here an old man called us to his cavern. Very bold he seemed, although he 
said he blessed the people, especially the poor. But the moment he spoke these 
words a little child impelled by white wings landed behind us and contradicted him, 
saying that he did not speak the truth. 'We looked at him again, and truly he was 
not human at all, but half horse, half cow. The child then led us on to where 
human beings dwelt in happiness. My companion and the child waited behind, 
while I pressed forward to the place where I should meet the blessed manido, Just 
as I was to receive the everlasting life I suddenly sneezed and startled the blessed 
manido, who said ‘ Ogauns, you have failed. Nevertheless, I will grant you a bless- 
ing that you have earned. You shall be a great warrior/ 
Then we were shown the wicked, the murderers, and those who had tortured 
their fellow men, animals, and snakes. After this we left for the surface of this 
earth. Thirty years my journeys had taken me, going up to the heavens above and 
going down beneath the earth. I returned to my parents, to whom I sadly explained 
the failure of my mission. 
Ogauns (Young Pickerel), whose vision is given above, is stated to 
have lived three generations ago. He said that he had reached three layers 
of worlds above this one, and three layers beneath, but believed that there 
were other layers he could not visit. He became a great warrior, fighting 
against the Americans and killing many. At last he grew weary of fighting, 
and allowed the Americans to capture him. They chained him, put hand- 
cuffs on his wrists, and set him on a sailing vessel. When the soldiers there 
abused him he snapped the handcuffs without difficulty, killed several men 
who barred his way, sprang into the water, and reached the shore in safety, 
after swimming for a day and a night. Not even the medicine-men could 
discover what became of him when he died. Some Indians think he may 
have gone to the upper world, for he was the purest Indian who ever lived 
on earth. 
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