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about on the earth will use them for thanking me." (465) And in- 

 deed they are the Feather Dance, the Thanksgiving Dance, the Bowl 

 Game, and the Personal Chant, the Four Rituals which he provided. 



(466) "They will use them for thanking me," the Creator decided. 



(467) And the rituals are in progress today. (468) We are simply 

 grateful for his creations. (469) He decided on the koneoo^ between 

 the songs. (470) "They will come to recite it, the people who re- 

 main." (471) And we are using it; we are reciting it. (472) And 

 that is what Our Creator intended. (473) And again there is thanks 

 indeed that it all continues as he planned. (474) And we ask simply 

 that it will continue in the same manner for the period of another year. 



14. The Wind 



(475) And the entire group is thankful. (476) Now he thought, 

 "1 have finished the creation of the earth." (477) And indeed he 

 decided, "I shall have helpers." (478) In the west he made it. (479) 

 It would be covered by a veil; slowly it would move and revolve. 

 (480) From there the wind would be coming, and the people moving 

 about would be happy. (481) And indeed up to the present time 

 we are content with the strength of the wind. (482) It is not such 

 that the wind would be strong, where those of us who are called 

 Indians dwell. (483) And it is so: the Sky Dwellers told us. (484) 



