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The names of the Three Beings supposed to have created all things are First, Uha lo te ga, second Ata nu ti tsu to lu tsi' tu and third, U sgo hula. The name of the first signifies the head or summit of greatness. The name of the second signifies Reconciler, or one who makes reconciliation, And the name of the third means blank 
  These three will judge and reward or punish mankind. They sit on three white seats above, and direct the angels, as their servants, to attend to the affairs of men. Nutsawi 
  Some of the old men used to say that infants were born without souls, and that the first air which entered their lungs, became a living soul. Nutsawi P. 
  God made man of red earth, and then blew into his mouth, & that breath became a soul. Nutsawi P. 
  Ye howa was a great King. He was a man and yet was a Spirit. The song or hymn called yowed was sung to Him. His name must never be mentioned only by persons selected, & by them, only on the sabbath day. (see Horae Solitariae+)  Nutsawi P.
 This strikeout: God Yehowa commanded them to rest from all work every seventh day, holding their hands entirely still, resting them on their knees, open, & palms upward in the worship of God. If they should work on that day, they, or some of their children would die. They must not talk about any common things on that day but of God. Nutsawi P. 
  God commanded them not to despise the lame, blind, or deformed, nor laugh at them, -- but be kind to all and especially to strangers. If they had any kind of creatures they must be kind to them and treat them well.  Nutsawi P.   

+ It is remarkable what concern was expressed among the ancient Jews, about the pronunciation and signification of the four lettered name (Yihowa) inasmuch that they would not commit the proper mode of speaking it but to their disciples of hopeful qualifications, and to these only but once on every Sabbath day with great solemnity. (Essay upon the Trinity)