1920.] 



Lowie, Crow Tobacco Society. 



153 



Gray-bull, who had several times acted as water-bearer in the 

 ceremony gave me the tenor of the runner's report in two slightly differ- 

 ent, but substantially similar versions, which follow: 



1. 



duxira+um, here barek'. miraxbake 



They went on a war party, among them I went. ' People 



bastlm, dapium, ictaxia burutsik*. kam-ba'kuk. 

 they ran, they killed, a gun I took. 



kuc 



towards 



Then I came back. 



6pe awusaruac 



The Tobacco you (pi. ) had planted 



a a xe batsua ahum 



round about chokecherries abundant 



ace bawim, 



The camp when I reached, 



ahum 



abundant 



bawim 

 when I came 



matsdtsk'. 



extremely. 



mabaku'pe hamnetk'. 

 sick people there were none. 



matsatsk', 

 extremely, 



karakom bok'. 

 Then I came. 



itsik-ata 

 Well 



ope 



the Tobacco 



da'kurutuk'. 

 you took back. 



(Free translation: I accompanied a war party. We charged the enemy and killed 

 some; I captured a gun. Then I returned. When I got to the Tobacco you had 

 planted, it was growing in extreme abundance. Round about all berries were ex- 

 tremely abundant. Then I came home. When I reached the camp, there were no 

 sick people there. Peacefully you were harvesting the Tobacco.) 



2. 



bfuk 



we shall arrive. 



batsua Ooce itsik-ata 



Chokecherries ripening well 



hamnetk. duxiwarem, , barapiok , 



there is none. I went on a war party, they killed some, 



barase itsim, kambok. 6pe 



My heart was good, I arrived. The Tobacco 



6pe ahuk. Ope awake 



The Tobacco was plentiful. Tobacco I see 



apare watsatsk. Apsaroke itsik'ate 

 grew excellently. The Crow well 



itsik-ata diriisuk. 

 well vou eat. 



baisande 1 

 Sickness 



daakce waritsik*. 

 a coup I struck. 



awiisaruac awakak. 

 you planted I saw. 



wiawak. bom, Ope 



I wished. I came, Tobacco 



ara'kuk. batsuo 



are faring. Chokecherries 



: ba'kupe. 



