Olelbis threw the feather to the earth and said,--

"The place where this falls will be called Tsurat-ton Mem Puisono.

This feather will become woodpeckers, and their place will be there.

Their red feathers will be beautiful, and every one will like their

red scalps and will use them for headbands. The woodpeckers will be

also called Topi chilchihl" (bead birds).

All people that were good on this earth only, of use only here,

Olelbis sent down to be beasts, birds, and other creatures. The

powerful and great people that were good in Olelpanti and useful there

he kept with himself, and sent only a feather or a part of each to

become something useful down here. The good people themselves, the

great ones, stayed above, where they are with Olelbis now.

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