Songs, Dances, and Ceremonies 163 



(They stir again.) 



"Hear me! Ho!" 



(They all jump up and join the circle amid cheers and 

 greetings from the others.) 



(The Medicine Man now says) : 



"Honor be to Hiawatha, 

 He hath saved his loving people. 

 On his neck we place the necklace 

 Of the bear claws and the wampum. 

 So the tribes shall still remember 

 He it was killed Mishi-Mokwa." 



All join in a war-dance to drum, around the body of the 

 bear. 



If, on the other hand, all the hunters are killed by the 

 bear, he comes forward and hands the necklace to the 

 Medicine Man, saying: 



"I'm the mighty Mountain Grizzly; 

 Dead are those who sought to slay me. 

 Mortal man cannot subdue me, 

 But I bow me to your magic." 



The Medicine Man takes the necklace, holds it up, and 

 replies: 



"Mishi-Mokwa of the mountains, 

 You are chief of all the mighty. 

 Keep the sacred wampum necklace, 

 You have won it, wear it, keep it." 



(He puts it on the bear's neck.) 



"You have won a name of glory, 

 Henceforth all the tribes shall tremble 

 At the name of Mishi-Mokwa. 



