Then he sent the Musk Rat. "Come, my little brother, go thou, thou art small and very active, art fond of the water, and goeth to great depths. Thy reward shall be as that of the Otter." The rat was secured with a thong also, and down he went. Wee-suck-ā-jāāk found he was dead, hauled him up, and was extremely happy to find he had some earth in his little paws and mouth. He restored him to life as he did the otter, and sent him down again. When he brought [him] up, his mouth [was] as full as it could hold, and a good deal [was] in his _hands_ which he held pressed to [his] breast. Now Wee-suck-ā-jāāk took this earth and made a ball of it, and blew [on] it a considerable time. And [he] sent off the Wolf to make its circuit to see if it was large enough. [Wolf Surveys the Land] After four nights he returned and thus spake, "My Elder, the earth is indeed large and beautiful, but our number now is small. When we will increase, it will be too small for us. We will be all upon top of each other." (We will be in each other's way etc.) "And if you make man as you contemplate, it will be much more so." Wee-suck-ā-jāāk then blew it out again and once more sent the wolf. He was eight nights absent, and reported it still too small. Wee-suck-ā-jāāk then blew it out for a long time and sent the wolf again. But before he went off he said, "My Elder, the Earth must now be very large, and I shall possibly be too much wearied to make its circuit. I shall traverse, and if I find anything to assure me of its being large enough, I shall _howl_, which will be a sign to you. And whatever place may suit me, there will I make my residence." After several nights absence they heard him howl, wherefore they all concluded the Earth was sufficiently large. Wee-suck-ā-jāāk then _blessed_ the others and sent them away telling them to multiply, "and be good, not vicious or ill inclined, nor secret or hide [yourselves] too much from _my_ little brothers, (the human beings, which he was about to create) when they might want to eat." [Creation of Humans] Now after this he became very lonesome and bethought himself of making _Indians_, human beings. He, in consequence, took up a stone and fashioned it into the form of a man. But whilst at this work, it struck him that by forming them of so strong and hard a substance that, in time when they would [come] to know their nature, they would grow insolent and rebellious, and be a great annoyance to each other, and of course also would never die. "This will not do. {16} I must make them of a more weake and fragible substance so that they may live a reasonable time and behave as becomes human beings." Upon this he took up a handful of common earth and made the form of a man, and blew into his nostrils _the breath of life_.