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Part 1 of Kanteemans Tale

WHAT HE SAW IN THE STREAM THAT NIGHT WAS A VISION FROM THE GOD NAW-HEW-WHOO HE MADE HIMSELF IN THE IMAGE OF A MAN TO SPEAK TO ME: EXPLAINED KANTIOHEE. I WASHED MY FACE IN THE STREAM, I DRANK FROM THE STREAM, AS I ROSE TO WALK FROM THE STREAM A VOICE SPOKE MY NAME. I TURNED TO SEE AN IMAGE AS TALL AS A MOOSE, BUT HE WAS A MAN. HE SPOKE MY NAME AND I CURSED HIM. HE PRAISED ME AND I SPAT AT HIM. I REFUSED TO BELEIVE WHAT I SAW. HIS MOUTH MOVED JUST LIKE MINE, WHEN HE SAW THAT I WAS REFUSING TO HEAR HIM HE SAID SOMETHING OF THE WOMAN I WISHED TO MARRY. I STOPPED AND LISTENED,: HE SAID THAT A FLOWER GROWS IN SHADEAL THAT IT'S PEDALS ARE SOFT AND MOIST, TAKE THE FLOWER AND ROLL IT IN MY HAND AND THE DUST FROM WITHIN SHALL PERFUME MY FINGERS, KISS HER WITH THESE HANDS UPON HER FACE AND SHE WILL MARRY YOU. I CURSED WHAT I THOUGHT I SAW AND BEGAN WALKING AWAY. THEN THE IMAGE SAID I SHALL BE HERE AGAIN, AT ONGO ( A TIME OF DAY) THE WORLD FOR PEOPLE WISH ME TO TALK TO YOU, HAN A SUN SHALL SHINE UPON YOU AND THE MIND OF A MAN SHALL HERE, THAT AT NIGHT HE SHALL KNOW, FROM THIS END A BEGINNING FOR MAN HAS COME, HE DISAPPEARED IN THE WATER, AND LEFTED NOT SPEAKING OF IT. I WENT TO THESHADEAL VALLEY AND FOUND A FLOWER, ONE JUST AS HE HAD SPOKE OF, IT'S SCENT WAS MAGNIFICENT AND LONG LASTING, I TOOK IT TO MAWEE, I FOUND SERVOS MORE(TEN ) SHE SMELLED MY HAND AND KISS IT, SAYING IT'S AROMA WAS SCENTED WITH THE AIRS OF DENOS ( A PLACE FOR LOVERS) SHE THAN COMFORTED ME WITH HER WOMANKINDNESS, AND WISHED TO MARRY , AS THE IMAGE IN THE STREAM HAD SAID. I STAYED ALLDAY THEIR AND WHEN THE SUN REACHED ONGO ( 3:00 ) I WENT AGAIN TO THE STREAM, AND AROSE THE IMAGE, AND THEN MORE SORSOR IMAGES AROSE ( FIVE) THEY TOLD ME OF THE SETTLERS WHO HAD MADE A RANCH NEAR THE LONG-CREEK, THEY HAD DAMNED THE CREEK AND THE FISHES WERE STOPPED FROM COMING TO THE POND.

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