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They were one year in performing their journey through the wilderness. (footnote a) It took them a great many years to get through the wilderness to their country; and on account of the dangers of the way, a great part of the people were destroyed before they got through. (footnote b) Not far from the time of their passing through the wilderness, their leader told the sun to stand still, and it obeyed him. They were pursuing or fighting their enemies. Some old men think they can still lengthen the day. (footnote c) At another time, Ye, ho, waah, sent a storm of hail to destroy their enemies. The hail stones were as large as a homony mortar and destroyed every thing in their way. It is also supposed that some of the old men have since been able to bring storms to their assistance in war. (footnote d) The town where the Indians first rested after having crossed the fourth river and reached the country which had been given them, they called Ta, hi, mi tu. (footnote e) A great
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