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(300) Earthmaker sent four men here who came form above, and once they had come, what they did was in all these names. To this day still, the characteristics of the Thunderbirds, and what they did, for all these there were names, my father told me. From this coming of the four men from above, there is a name, "He Who Comes from Above" (Wâgedjáhuga); and the name that the women have is, "She Who Comes from Above" (Wâgedjahúwîga). And the four men from above that Earthmaker sent down, since they came like spirits, therefore there is a name, "Spirit Man" (Wâgwáxopiniga); and the women have the feminine, "Spirit Woman" (Wáxopiniwîga). And the four men from above that Earthmaker sent down there, when they came there was a drizzling fog, so there are these names, "Walking in the Mist" (Ximánîga), and "Comes in Mist" (Xigúga); and the women they would call, "Drizzling Rain Woman" (Nijuxotcgewîga). (301) And, as it is said, when they first came there to Within Lake (De Rok), they landed upon bushes and bent them down, there being this name, "She Who Bends the Bushes" (Xâwiánôzogewîga). And when they landed on the limb of an oak tree that stood there, they bent down the limb, so there is a name, "She Who Bends the Branches Down" (Nânazógewîga); and again they landed on trees, so there were the names, "He Who Alights on a Tree" (Nâ´djidjega), "She Who Alights on a Tree" (Nâdjidjewîga); and from the tree there was a name, "Oak Woman" (Tcacgegúwîga). Thus, they would say. Inasmuch as it was an oak tree, consequently they stepped on the ground here, and from there being on the ground, there was this name, "He Who Alights on the Ground" (Maîdjidjéga); and they would call the women, "She Who Alights on the Ground" (Maîdjidjewîga). And again, since they came with Thunderbirds, there was this name, "Thunderbird" (Wakâdjága); and again for women, "Thunderbird Woman" (Wakâdjáwîga); and again, "White Thunderbird" (Wakâdjáskaga); for women, "White Thunderbird Woman" (Wâdjaskáwîga); and again "Black Thunderbird" (Wakâdjásepka); for women, "Black Thunderbird Woman" (Wakâdjásebwiñga); and again since Thunderbirds thunder, there is this name, "He Who Thunders" (K'ónihéga); and again as they thunder they make the noise tcîwî, they would call them, "He Who Makes Tcîwî" (Tcîwîdjik'erehiga,), and again some they would call by the name, "He Who Comes Making Tcîwî" (Tcîwiñgúga), since when the Thunderbirds come, they come making the sound tcîwî. And again when the Thunderbirds walk rain accompanies them, so there is a name, "He Who Walks with Rain" (Nijumániga), and they would call the women, "She Who Walks with Rain" (Nijumaníwiñga), and since the Thunderbirds came walking, there is this name, "Walking Thunder" (Wak'andjámaniñga); and again since the Thunderbirds came walking, since they came walking with might, there is the name, "Mighty Walker" (Mâcdjâmaníwiñga), and they call the women "Mighty Female Walker"; and again when the Thunderbirds walk, as they came shaking the earth, there is a name, "Earth Shaker" (Mañgíksuntcga), and (302) the women are called, "Earth Shaker Woman" (Mañgiksuntcwiñga). And when the Thunderbirds come, they would come shaking the earth, and so there is this name, "Earth Shaker" (Mânañksuntcka), and for the women, "Earth Shaker Woman" (Mânañksundjewiñga); and again when the Thunderbirds come, they always come with wind and hail, so there is this name, "He Who Comes with Wind and Hail" (Mâ'emaniñga). And again since one of the Thunderbirds came standing foremost, so there is this name, "He Who Walks First" (Tconimániñga); since one of the Thunderbirds was first, again there is this name, "Thunderbird Leader" (Wak'andjátconiñga), and for the women, "Thunderbird Female Leader" (Wák'andjatconìwiñga). Since these Thunderbirds flash, pointing in every direction, there is this name, "Flashes in Every Direction" (Djâbwakcáñkcanga), and the woman's name. We do not see these Thunderbirds, but only their flashes are visible, so there is this name, a name for a woman, ""Only a Flash of Lightning Woman" (Djâberácanâtcât'îwiñga); and these Thunderbirds lightning in streaks, so there is a name, "Streak of Lightning" (Djâpdjirehíga); and again these Thunderbirds walk in the clouds, and there the cloudiness is caused by their walking, so there is this name, "He Who Walks in the Clouds" (Mañxíwimàniñga); and again these Thunderbirds have long wings, so there is a name, "He Who has Long Wings." (Ahúseretcka). And, again, since these Thunderbirds flash, there one of them will strike the trees, so there is this name, "Strikes the Trees" (Nodjôpka); and again as these Thunderbirds hit trees, from this hitting of trees there is a name, "He Who Hits Trees" (Nódjiñga); and again, it is said, for the women they would call them, "She Who Hits Trees" (Nodjíwiñga). And again, they would say that when these Thunderbirds come they do so with many thunder claps; the people, as many of them of those who are on earth, and as many animals as there are on earth, and as many plants as there are, they cause the rain to fall on all of them, and (303) this earth these Thunderbirds crash with thunder, so they say that for the thunder crashes there is a name that they say, "Crashing Thunder" (Warudjáxega). [1]