It looks bright, and islands stood there. -- Menai: {i

9. It was then, when again the God-Creator made the maker of spirits. — Manito-Manitoak.

10. And also the first beings Owiniwak, and also the angels Angelatawiwak{^}, and also the soûls Chichankicak, ail them he made.

(1) Compare Ihis name wilh that of Men in my previous Lettre Deuxième.

(2) I doubt the exaclness of this Word, angela-tawiwak, which I bclieve to be a biblical interpolatioa of the translater.

4 1 . And .nfUnv ards lie' mnde Ihc man-being Tin-wis, anceslor of Ihe man.

12. He gave bim Ihc first motbcr Netamigaho, mother of the first beings Owini.

13. And fishes he gave hini, turllos he gave him, bcasts he gave him, birds he gave him.

44. But there was a bad .«piril Mah'mani, who caused Ihebad beings ùlalcowini, black snakes Nakotcak, and monslers or large reptiles Amanga7nek{\).

lo. And caused also flics, and caused also gnats.

iG. Ail Ihe beings wcre thon friends and stood there.

47. Thou being Knvis, good God Wunand (thèse are 2 Gods) and Ihe good maker or spirits were such.

48. With the Jins Nijini, the first men, and the first mother, their wives, which were Pairies Nantinetvak.

49. The first food of the Jins and Pairies was a fat fruit Gatiamin.

20. AU were willingly pleased, ail were easy-thinking, and ail were well-happified.

21. But after a while a snake-priest Poivnko, brings on earth secretly the snake worship Initako, of the god of the snakes Wakon.