He thus addressed his companions one day. "Come now we very repre- "hensibly forgot to bring earth with us, & who knows how long this will conti- (15) "continue?--which of you all will endeavour to get a little earth for me out of which I "shall try to make _Land_ for us to live on?--whoever will go shall be amply rewarded." They all said it was very deep. There was scarcely an hopes. Then he said to the otter "Go thou my _Younger_ (brother) & if thou diest in the attempt, I shall restore thee to life, "& make thee immortal". Saying this he tied a long leather thong to his tail & sent him down: he found the otter was dead, hauled him up in to the canoe, rubbed him dry & blowed in his nostrils, when he revived. Then he sent the Musk rat: "Come my "little brother, go thou, thou art small & very active, art fond of the water, & goeth to great "depths--thy reward shall be as that of the otter." The rat was secured with a thong also & down he went. Weesuck found he was dead: hauled him up, & was extre- mely happy to find he had some earth in his little paws & mouth: he restored him to life as he did the otter, & sent him down again, when he bro't up his mouth as full as it could hold & a good deal in his _hands_ which he held pressed to breast. Now weesuck. took this earth & made a ball of it, & blew in it a considerable time & sent off the Wolf to make its circuit to see if it was large enough. After four nights he returned & thus spake "My Elder, the earth is indeed Large & 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 (i.e we will be in each others way &c.), & if you "make man as you contemplate,...it will be much moreso." Weesuck then blew it out again & once more sent the Wolf--He was 8 nights absent, & reported it still too small. Weesuck then blew it out for a long time & sends the wolf again. But before he went off he said "My Elder, the Earth must now be very "large, & I shall possibly be too much wearied to make its circuit: I shall traverse, "& if I find any thing to assure me of its being large enough I shall _howl_, "which will be a sign to you; & whatever place may suit me there will I make my resi- dance." After several nights absence they heard him howl, wherefore they all concluded the Earth was sufficiently Large. Weesuck. then _blessed_ the others & sent them away telling them to multiply "& be good, not vicious or ill inclined, nor se- "cret, or hide themselves too much from _My_ little brothers (the human beings which he was about to create) when they might want to eat" &c. &c. Now after this he became very lonesome & bethout himself of making _Indians_ i.e. human beings. He in consequence took up a stone & fashioned it into the form of a man; but whilst at this work it struck him that by forming them of so strong & hard a substance that in time when they would become to