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great powers. The chief told his errand man to keep pretty well hidden 
from these monsters while on the journey, so as to get away safely. 
The man with powers could grow to be an old man and then turn 
young again. When the chief’s errand man made the visit the little 
man asked him to state the object of his coming; and the chief’s man 
said that he was sent there by the chief of all the people, because 
everything was: going wrong, and the people were being injured by 
four living monsters, and nothing could be done to hinder them from 
getting the people. Then the little man with powers told the chief’s 
man that certain things were to happen, which would indicate that 
certain other things were going to happen. When the chief’s man 
returned he had to use the same care as he had done before to keep 
out of sight of the monster. After his return he went to the chief’s 
place and made it known that he had returned. Then the chief called 
the people to his place, so that the man could tell the story of his visit 
to the man with powers. The people gathered around the chief’s 
place and were called together to hear the man’s story. The chief’s 
man said that he was told by the man with powers that there would be 
something done to destroy the monsters; that the time would come 
_when there would be some sign given so that the people would know 
that something was about to happen; that when the time should come 
it would begin from the north; that the flocks of fowls of the air, and 
the animals from the plains and woods, would appear as clouds; and 
that a big water-monster (Turtle) would be sent to destroy the four 
monsters. Some were afraid, but others were glad that it was going 
to happen. After a while there came to the people some signs, which 
- showed that there was something in the north that looked like clouds ; 
and the fowls of the air came, and the animals of the plains and woods 
were seen. All of this indicated that something was to happen. The 
clouds that were seen in the north were a deluge. 
The deluge was all over the face of the earth. When the deluge 
came the water-monster, of course, was under the feet of the four 
monsters. After the Turtle got to moving around every place was so 
smooth that it was impossible for the monsters to stand. The one in 
the south said to his brothers that he was getting tired and would have 
to fall; and so he fell, and as he was falling he said that the direction 
he fell in should be called South (Idikuts—Changing-Weather). Then 
the one facing the west said that he was like the one who had been in 
the south, that he was getting tired and would have to fall; and as he 
fell he said that the direction in which he was falling should be called 
West (Nesakisudi—Where-the-Sun-goes). The one facing north got 
