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SECTION 83

"'Now another message.

"Suddenly as they looked, a road slowly descended from the south sky 1 and came to where they were standing. Now thereon he saw the four tracks of the human race going in one direction. The footprints were all of different sizes from small to great. Now moreover a more brilliant light than the light of earth appeared.

So they said. Eniaiehuk.


Footnotes

62:1 The great sky-road of the Gai'wiio` is the milky way. The souls of the dead are supposed to journey over the broad band and divide at the forks. The multitude of stars are thought to be the footprints of the dead.


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