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“That which the son of this wise woman says is to be well thought of;––it may be precious to us in days not yet born of the sun. You who listen know that we are living now in a day that was told of by Ki-pah in the years of our Lost Others, and Ki-pah spoke as the god Po-se-yemo spoke:––he was given great magic to see the years ahead of the years he lived.”

“It is true,” assented the governor––“It was when the people yet lived in the caves, and the water went into the sands in that highland––that is when he came to our Lost Others––Ki-pah––the great wisdom. He came from the south, and taught them to come down from the caves and build houses by the great river, and to turn the water to the fields here. All things worked with him––and Kah-po––and Oj-ke and P[=o]-ho-gé were built and stand to this day where he said they must be built. He knew all speech, and could tell magic things from a bowl of clear water. It was in the water he saw men who were white, and who would cover the land if we were not strong. These men are the men he saw in the water. I think it is so, and that this is the time to be strong.”

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