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had indicated. If he had been employed by an individual to locate 

 horses or other property which was lost, the man employing him 

 woidd have lighted a pipe and offered it to the stone as soon as it 

 appeared. Before passing the pipe to the assembly this man would 

 have questioned the stone. The replies would have been given 

 by the owner of the stone, as he was supposed to be the only person 

 present who understood what the stone said. He repeated what 

 the stone said to him, and the man who employed him received it 

 as the message of the stone. In the words of Crooked Foot's song 

 the stone is represented as speaking to its owner, calling him "father" 

 and asking that he will not require of it anything unreasonable. 



No. 73. "Father, Sing to Me" (Catalogue No. 462) 



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