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SOXG. — Fate AiT::ii tuk FloO

1 . AfLcr Ihc flood, Ihe manly raen Lenajjcwi, witb Ihe manly turlle beings, dwelt close logether at the cave house, and dwellingof Talli{{).

2. It freezes wa? Ihere, it snows was Ihere, it is cold was lliere.

3. To possess mild coldncss and mucb gamc, they go lo Ibe norlberly plain (2),'lo hunt caltle tbey go.

4. To be strong and to be rich the corners divided into tillers and huniers. Wik/nc/iik ^ Eloivt-chik.

5. The most strong, the mostgood, the mosl holy, Ihe hunters Ihey are.

C. And the hunters spread themselve?, becoming northerlings, casterlings, soutberlings, westerlings. Lotcaniwi, Wapaniun\ Shatvaniwi Wimheniwi.

7. Tlius thewhitccounlry ZMwona/ii, north of the turlle country (3), bccamc the hunting country of the turlling true men.

8. Mcantime ail the snakes werc afraid in their buts, and the snake priest Nakopoica said to ail, let us go.

9. Easterly thcy go forth at snakeland Akhokinky and they went away earncstly grieving.

dO. Thus cscaping by going so far, and by Irembling the burnt land Lusasaki is torn and is broken from the snake fortified land (4). Akomenaki.

\\. Doing frec, baving no trouble, the northerlings ail go ont, soparating at the land of snow, Winiaken.

12. The fish rcsort to the shorcs of the gaping sea, whcre tarried the fathers of White Eaglc and Whiîe Wolf. Woplaneiva, Waptumewi,

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