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56, THE DELUGE AND THE REPEOPLING OF THE EARTH. 
Wife of head man gives birth to four children in form of a horse. Head 
man sends them away. The monsters grow and swallow people who go away 
from their feet. They are called Standing-in-the-Water and face four direc- 
tions. Chief sends errand man to northwest to see small man who has great 
powers. On return man says something will be done to destroy monsters; 
it will begin in north; fowls of air and animals will appear as clouds and water- 
monster (Turtle) will be sent to destroy four monsters. After a while fowls of 
air and animals come and flood is all over earth. ‘Turtle is under feet of four 
monsters and they fall, one after another, in four directions. Wind and Medi- 
cine-men are not destroyed. Wind dries up land and streams of foam remain as 
mountains. Wind sees something like rain falling in west. He goes and sees 
woman lying on ground. He goes again and notices that woman is pregnant. 
Next time child is lying on side of woman. He can hardly see woman and is 
taking child when some one above tells him to let it alone. Thinks it is child 
of Man-never-known-on-Farth. Wind makes another visit to place and takes 
child, which is girl, to place where are people. He calls mother of child Earth. 
Girl grows rapidly and takes man for husband. Boy is born and being first 
boy he has power to create things. He tells his parents not to do him wrong 
until he has completed all the things he wants to do. On returning once he tells 
them they have done him wrong and he goes east and becomes Morning-Star. 
Afterward girl is born and then boy, who, when they grow up, become husband 
and wife. Father goes toward northwest and becomes Clearness-after-Rain. 
THIRD PERIOD: THE PRESENT. 
57. THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED A STAR. 
Long while ago woman watching stars notices some are bright and some 
dim. She thinks bright stars are fine-looking young men and dim stars old men. 
She wishes she could have particular bright star for husband. When asleep 
she is with this man. In morning she is in strange place and old man sitting 
by fire. He wakes and tells her he is the bright star she selected. Dim stars 
are young men. Woman becomes wife of star. She is told not to move large 
rock lying on ground. She does so and sees earth below. She studies how to 
get down and cuts and braids soapweed into rope. She ties it to rock and lets 
herself down. When at end of rope she is near top of highest trees. Buzzard 
takes her down on his back and sees her safely home. Parents ask where she 
has been and she tells them about star and getting back. People since afraid to 
express desires about stars. 
58. THE MAN WHO WENT TO SPIRIT-LAND. 
There are two young men of same age who are playmates. When they 
are grown they become real friends and agree to die at same time. They are 
regarded as brothers. One of them marries. They go on war-path together and 
present each other with scalps they take. Boy baby is born to married friend 
and he stays at home, while unmarried friend goes on war-path and is killed. 
