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in tliis, as in many similar songs, was not rigidly maintained. Three 

 renditions were recorded, the repetitions being without a break in 

 the time. 



Resuming the narrative of his dream, Charging Thunder said: 

 Soon I saw the old wolf returning and behind him came a buffalo calf. This old 

 wolf told me how to make a pipe, tolling me to smoke it when I was on the warpath 

 and saying that the smell of the pipe would be so strong that the enemy would not 

 detect my approach and thus I would ))e al)le to steal their horses. The old wolf said 

 that by the aid of this pipe I would ))e able to outwit the wisest and craftiest of my 

 enemies. I made the pipe as he directed and carried it on the warpath and had good 

 success. It did not look any different from an ordinary pipe, but it had been "made 

 sacred " by a medicine-man. ['] The following song was taught me by the old wolf: 



No. 49. Song of the Old Wolf (Catalogue No. 568) 



Sung by Charging Thunder 



Voice J= 72 

 Drum not recorded 



&^M 



Wa - kai}-yai] mi - ca - ke - lo wa - kaq-yai) mi - ca - ke 

 —* ^ ^ • • • 



lo ca - 



noq-pa wai] to - ke - ca wa 



kai]-yai] mi - ca - ke - lo 



3 



kaij - yaij mi - i - t-ca-ke - lo ko-lawaq-ma-a- a-yaij-ka yo 



WORDS 



wakai)''yar) in a sacred manner 



mica'kolo he made for me 



<5auor)^pa wag to^keca a pipe that is different 



wakaq'yar) in a sacred manner 



mica'kolo he made for me 



nagi ksa'pa wag a wise spirit 



maka'hewaye I met 



wakao'vag in a sacred manner 



mica'kelo he made (it) for me 



kola' friend 



wagma^yagka yo behold me 



[> The ability to make objects "sacred," thus frivinfc them mysterious power, was said to belong only to 

 men who had the ability to talk with such objects and to understand what they said. (Cf. section on 

 Sacred Stones, pp. 218. 230, 231, 234. 236, 238. in which men talk with the stones and receive their mes- 

 sages.) AVhen making a pipe "sacred" the medicine-man filled it, incensed it with burning sweet grass, 

 and offered it to the sky and the cardinal points.] 



