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call each other mortals. If any one thinks, ‘No, not I; I shall always 
exist as a mortal,’ he surely dies. He surely comes to death. For 
he, the manitou, has fixed that which will happen to each one of us. 
‘‘He who made us move probably shortened our life too much. 
So he probably permitted all his fellow-manitous to bless us. That 
is why I tell you this, and already have told you, that you think 
seriously of this our sacred pack. Yet it will never actually speak 
to any one even if he pleases it. He will not be told by this grand- 
father of ours, ‘you please me.’ It is us and future generations of - 
all the members of our gens whom he thus blesses; that is how seri- 
ously he thinks of us. For he does not bless any one else: he blesses 
our gens alone. He does not think of us in any way that is evil; it 
is in a good way that he will continue to think of us. It is not us 
alone whom he thinks of; he thinks of all of us who are of the same 
gens. So think seriously of our grandfather; that is why I tell you. 
“And you must think seriously of the songs. And if any one 
thinks seriously of them, he will strengthen his own body. It is the 
same regarding whoever believes in me: he will make himself happy; 
he will not make any (other person) happy. He will continue to sing; 
also he will continue to see this earth as the seasons shall change. 
In the spring it will continue to be green; and he will continue to 
see the future winter. So think seriously over (this). That is why I 
tell you." 
‘““Moreover, this will make you warriors. Moreover, you are not 
to hide it from each other. You will surely tell each other in an 
upright fashion. And if any one thinks of keeping it secret in any 
way he will weaken his own body; he will die; he will not live long. 
That is the only evil init. That is all. Now you are to listen to me; 
now we are to begin to sing,” he said to them. 
' Then they began singing. After they had sung he likewise began 
telling them: ‘‘ Well, now I shall tell you about this which we sing. 
As we sing the manitou hears us. The manitou really hears us. 
The manitou will not fail to hear us. It is just as if we were singing 
within the manitous’ dwellings. That is why we sing, namely, so 
the manitous will hear us. They will know when we celebrate a gens 
