In Guatama, in the Middle Kingdom (Central America), by the sea of So-ci-a-pan (Gulf of Mexico), down from heaven came Gitchee, the Creator, the World-Maker, Manito! With silence, speaking in the soul of things. He said: Speak, O earth! Have eyes, O earth! Have ears, O earth! Behold Me, your Maker!
The earth answered Him, not with words, boasting, but raised up man!
Man said: Here I am, O Gitchee! The Creator looked, and lo and behold, the I‘hins of Guatama stood before Him, the little people, white and yellow. Gitchee (God) said: Because you have answered me in faith, O earth, your ong‘wee (talking animals) shall be called I‘hin. Thus was named the first talkers; men with mouths for words, ears for words.
Then Gitchee (God) called the I‘hins together, and said they were good; the handsomest of all created creations. And he commanded them to marry, male and female, and beget heirs.
And they obeyed God‘s commands; but the dumb earth cast clouds upward, and blinded the ways of the I‘hins, so they strayed away from the mounds, and came to the black druks, which do not speak; have no words; being dumb like the black mud of the earth where they burrowed.
In the darkness of the earth the I‘hins mingled with the druks, and lo and behold, a second-born speaking animal (ong‘wee, man) stood upon the earth, tall and red, and strong, swift and handsome. Gitchee (God) said:
I do not blame you, O I‘hin! I saw the darkness; saw your straits! But you shall never again dwell with druks, nor with the new red-born, those with faces like new copper. Call them I‘hua, for they shall be protectors over my chosen, the I‘hins, forever. The I‘hua shall drive away the baugh and mieu and great serpents, and all man-slaying beasts; for I will make mighty nations out of the seed of the I‘huans.
The first I‘huan‘s name was O-e-du, and his wife‘s name was Uh-na; and they begot Owena, Dan and Shu-sa, but they had no more heirs. At a time soon after, the second man, whose name was Ka-ka-ooh, and whose wife‘s name was Wees, begot Somma, Pan-ah, Kac-ak, Ku-bak and Jessom.
And these were the first tribes of I‘huans in the land of Guatama (after the flood), and they dwelt together, marrying and begetting offspring, dwelling in peace. And the I‘hins taught them about all things, so that they became an honor on the earth and a glory to the Creator; but they were so mixed together that one tribe had no preference over another. So, by commandment of God, they were called the tribe of Oedukakaooh, of the middle kingdom, Waneopanganosah (Central America).
In the valley of Owak, by the river Ho-e-jon-wan, Gitchee (Jehovih) created another tribe called Bak-Haw-ugh, and to the north of them, in the mountains was the tribe Meiu-how-an-go-to-bah; and their tribes commingled, and Gitchee (God) named them, Bakhawughmeiuhowangotobah.
Jessom, son of Kakaooh, married Wepon, daughter of Bakhawughmeiuhowangotobah, and they begot Sto-gil-bak, and he begot Kom, and he begot See, and she married Ban, son of the tribe Kakaooh, and Ban‘s first-born son‘s name was La-ban-a-see.
And Labanasee was born in su‘is of the second order, and could hear the voice of the Creator, Gitchee, the Great Spirit. And the Voice remained with Labanasee during his lifetime, which was one hundred and twenty-five years. And the Voice descended to Labanasee‘s son, Hootlabanasee, who lived one hundred and one years, and the Voice descended to his son, Hatapanagooshhootlabanasee; and then to his son after him, named Arapanseekasoodativhatapanagooshhootlabanasee.
Thus were represented the eighteen tribes of Gitchee‘s chosen among the I‘huans who would become everlasting heirs to the Voice.
And God said to Ara: Arise and go forth; my hand will steer you. So Ara rose up and departed by the hand of the Creator, and came to the valley of Owg, broad and sweet-smelling, full of health-giving food, air and water. And there came with Ara into Owg one thousand men, women and children; and they built a city and called it Eftspan, signifying place of beauty.
And these took the name of the tribe of Ara, which name survived one thousand seven hundred and fifty years. And their people were tens of thousands.
After the tribe of Ara lost the Voice, there was raised up Sho-shone, of the tribes of Sto-gil-bak. And Gitchee raised His hand before Sho-shone and pointed the way, and Sho-shone departed out of the country of Tabachoozehbakkankan and came to Owg, and took to wife Hisam, daughter of Ooeguffanauha, and they begot E-a-ron-a-ki-mutz, a son of great beauty and strength, a swift runner.
And the voice of Gitcheemonihtee (Son of Jehovih) came to Earonakimutz and remained with him during his natural lifetime, which was ninety years; and passed to his son, Fassawanhoota-ganganearonakimutz, and then to his son, Monagoamyazazhufassawanhootaganganearonakimutz.
And Monag inhabited the regions of the plains of Yiteatuazow (Arkansas), and his people became mighty in cities and agriculture. For four thousand years the Voice of the All Father remained with the regular succession of the heirs of Monag, but their names and their cities‘ names became so long that no man could speak them or write them.
So Gitchee (Jehovih) raised up Honga, son of Ab, of the tribe of Oedu, of the land of the Middle Kingdom. And Honga went into the mountains of Ghiee (Rocky or Eagle Mountains), sloping to the east.
Gitchee (God) spoke to Honga, saying: You shall take Oebe for your wife; out of your seed I will raise up a greater tribe than all other tribes; and your first-born son shall have your name; and your son‘s son shall be called Honga also; and your son‘s son‘s son, and so on forever. For I am wearied with the burden of names; your Great Creator has spoken.
Then Honga asked, saying: What if I have no son, but only daughters? Or what if my son or my son‘s son (my lineage) ceases to have a son, but only daughters?
Then Gitchee spoke, saying: The wife‘s first daughter shall take the name Honga. || So it came to pass that Honga married and begot heirs; and the Voice of the Great Spirit remained with the tribes of Honga. And it came about that he who heard the Voice, who was always the chief high prophet for the tribe, was called Hoanga; but the peoples themselves were called ong‘wee, the same that has endured to this day, and is called Indian [Native American –ed.].
And the generations of Honga were called: first Honga; second Honga; third Honga; and so on. And this was the beginning of the counting of time in Guatama. Nor did any man know the number of generations before the time of Honga the first.
And the land became full of cities, from the east to the west, and from the north to the south, and the people all over the land dwelt in peace, tribe with tribe. Then came the God of evil, I‘tura (Ahura), sowing evil in the temples and on the altars. With a false tongue and cunning, he came before the prophets, stealing their eyes away, stealing their ears away; holding up his hand, saying: It is the Great Spirit‘s hand.
And I‘tura obsessed the nations and tribes of men to worship him; infatuating them with the stories of far-off countries, and the glory of kings and queens. And he set on foot a war of plunder; brought ten thousand times ten thousand evil spirits to aid and abet mortals in war.