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thinks of us he thinks of you. Verily, women, to-day you are to 
hum (the songs). You are to hum loudly. Do not think of being 
bashful. You will derive life from it if you do what I tell. You 
will make these men willing if you do that, that is, if you hum. 
Verily you are to do that. For life is what we who. are mortals think 
hard,” he said to the women. 
“That is why I tell you, ‘do not think bashful thoughts.’ That 
is why I tell you. If, however, any one is bashful, it will be as if she 
shortens her own life. It is not shortened by any one (else). It 
will just come into your hearts to be bashful, because life is as if 
dificult. That is why you will think thus. The one who is not 
nervous has a strong life. That is how it is. 
‘““And you are to remain seated quietly; you are not to- tell all 
sorts of stories to each other. You are to only think quietly of our 
sacred pack there. That is all ycu are to think of during our gens 
festival. If now you tell all sorts of things there you will not do 
good to your body. This is how it is. 
“T desire life for myself alone. That indeed is what we all do. 
Even if we had much of it and saw it, if it were in a large pile, we 
would not be satisfied-in our minds so that we would cease taking it 
if it were easy to take. That is what we would do. That is why he 
made it difficult for us to live perfectly strong. That is why I tell 
you, ‘be careful.’ ‘Would that the fellow members of my gens 
might continue to see each other for a long time,’ is what I think of 
you. That is why I tell you truthfully. So do that which I say to 
you. 
‘And now I shall instruct those who dance. This is what they 
are to do. They are to dance carefully (but) violently while they 
dance. They will obtain life from that. And any women who so 
desire shall continue to hum (the songs while dancing). If she 
thinks, ‘I shall hum,’ let her'hum. You shall think just the same. 
You shall think solely of your life. For there is a time when th’s 
sacred pack will make you happy always.’ That is, it is said, what 
he told the people. 
Now as to what happened to the one that was blessed, Black- 
Rainbow, and his niece Deer-Horn. Once many of the Indians were 
captured. And he was captured with them. His niece, too, was 
captured, And it is said that their friends began to be burned. All 
