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8 557 A goddess of much note among them was a woman, who had her origin as a goddess in the following manner. A certain man and his wife had two sons - twins. The raising of corn was then unknown, yet the woman used to go into a certain house daily, and fetch corn & cook for her family. At length the boys watching her, discovered that she went into the house and prayed, and the corn fell from her. They then determined to kill her, & gave her notice of their intentions. She then told them that if they did kill her, they must drag her body about on the groung ground?, corn would spring up which they must tend, & thus raise corn for themselves. They accordingly did so, and for this first time corn grew from [the?] earth. But the mother, after being thus? dragged about came to life and went? above. The boys also soon became tired of life and went up. Since then this woman has been honored as a goddess. Most of the all night dances are to her honour, and to preserve forever especially in taking care [of?] the corn. The public prayer at the green corn dance was also addressed her by the conjurer. He prayed [that?] the corn of which they were about to partake might prove healthy to them? during the year. There is also another goddess supposed to reside in the corn who is also an object of much veneration.