The Hoⁿ´-ga, a people who possess seven fireplaces, spake to one another, Saying: O, younger brothers, The little ones have nothing of which to make their bodies. Then to the Hoⁿ´-ga A-hiu-ṭoⁿ (Winged Hoⁿ´-ga) they spake, Saying: O, elder brother! and stood in mute appeal. In quick response the Winged Hoⁿ´-ga set forth in haste To a deep and miry marsh, To the Little Rock who sitteth firmly upon the earth. Close to the Little Rock he stood and spake, Saving: O, Grandfather! Our little ones have nothing of which to make their bodies. The Little Rock spake in quick response: I am a person of whom the little ones may well make their bodies. Thereupon the Winged Hoⁿ´-ga hastened back to his brothers to whom he spake, Saying: O, younger brothers, a Little Rock sits yonder. Then, with heads bent thitherward, The younger brothers set forth in haste To the Little Rock who sitteth firmly upon the earth, in the marsh. Around him they gathered, close to him they stood as they spake To the Little Rock sitting with algae floating about him, like locks of hair blowing in the wind. (Fig. 6.) O, Grandfather! they said to him, Our little ones have nothing of which to make their bodies. The Little Rock made reply: I am a person who is difficult to be overcome by death. When your little ones make of me their bodies, They shall always be difficult to overcome by death. Behold the locks that float about the edges of my head. When the little ones reach old age, Their locks shall float about the edges of their heads. The little ones shall always live to see their locks grown scant with age. The younger brothers spake, saying: Close to the God of Day who sitteth in the heavens, We shall place the Little Rock.[3] When our little ones make of the Little Rock their bodies, Of the God of Day also Our little ones shall make their bodies. The four days, The four great divisions of the days (the four stages of life), The little ones shall always reach and enter, They shall always live to see old age. [3] The Little Rock of the marsh is spoken of as the Gentle Rock because it is a special life symbol of the people for whom there must always be peace and happiness. As a memorial of the finding of the Little Rock of the marsh the members of the Hoⁿ´-ga gens in cutting the hair of their little ones leave a fringe around the entire edge. This style of hair cut is called ḳonⁿ´-ha-u-thi-stse (ḳoⁿ´-ha, along the edge; u-thi-stse, a line left uncut), meaning an unbroken line of hair left uncut along the entire edge. [Illustration: FIG. 6.—Symbolic hair cut of the Hoⁿ´-ga gens]