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31 died. The Sun, on his return, enquired for her, and was told that she was dead. He then consented that people might live always, and told them to take two boxes and go where her spirit was, and bring it back to her body, charging them, that when they had got her spirit, they must not open the box, till they arrived at the place where her body was. They did so, but just before they arrived, they concluded to just open the box, so as to look in and see her, and then shut it again. But, while doing this, the Spirit escaped, and then the fate of all men was decided, that they must die. superscript a It is also stated that anciently the Cherokee supposed a number of Beings,- -more than two, - some have conjecture three,- came down and made the world. They then attempted to make a man and woman of two rocks. They fashioned them, but while at- -tempting to make them live, another Beings came, and spoiled their work, so that they could not succeed. They then made a man and a woman of red clay, and being made of clay, they were mortal; but had they been made of rock they would have lived forever. Other, however, ascribed their mortality to another superscript a Yu, wi, yo, ku.