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  Thiti'go" 
  no 
  n 
  pewathe! 
  ga 
  

   Thiti'go" 
  nonpewathe 
  ! 
  ga 
  

   Thiti'go" 
  no"pewathe! 
  ga 
  

   Thiti'go" 
  weti" 
  kegthi'ho" 
  ki 
  no 
  n 
  pewathe! 
  ga 
  

  

  Thiti'go" 
  no"pcwalhe! 
  ga 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Thiti'go 
  11 
  , 
  your 
  Grandfather; 
  no 
  n 
  p( 
  waihe, 
  fearful 
  

   to 
  behold; 
  weti 
  n 
  , 
  club; 
  Tee, 
  long; 
  gtM'7io 
  n 
  , 
  lifts 
  his; 
  /,<', 
  when. 
  

  

  i*Ve<? 
  transit/lion 
  

  

  Behold 
  how 
  fearful 
  your 
  Grandfather 
  appears! 
  

  

  Your 
  Grandfather 
  is 
  fearful, 
  terrible 
  to 
  see! 
  

  

  Behold 
  how 
  fearful 
  is 
  he, 
  your 
  j&randfather! 
  

  

  He 
  lifts 
  his 
  long 
  club, 
  fearful 
  is 
  he, 
  y 
  r 
  our 
  Grandfather 
  gives 
  fear 
  to 
  see! 
  

  

  Behold 
  how 
  fearful 
  to 
  see, 
  fearful 
  : 
  to 
  see! 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  song 
  the 
  'man 
  claiming 
  the 
  first 
  honor 
  stepped 
  

   forward 
  and 
  began 
  the 
  recital 
  of 
  his 
  deed, 
  telling 
  how 
  he 
  struck 
  the 
  

   body 
  of 
  the 
  enemy, 
  lie 
  held 
  the 
  red 
  witness 
  stick 
  over 
  the 
  pack 
  

   and 
  all 
  the 
  people 
  listened 
  attentively 
  to 
  his 
  words. 
  At 
  a 
  signal 
  from 
  

   the 
  keeper 
  he 
  let 
  the 
  witness 
  stick 
  drop. 
  If 
  no 
  one 
  had 
  disputed 
  his 
  

   story 
  and 
  the 
  stick 
  rested 
  on 
  the 
  pack, 
  the 
  people 
  sent 
  up 
  a 
  great 
  

   shout 
  of 
  approval, 
  for 
  the 
  omniscient 
  birds 
  in 
  the 
  pack 
  had 
  accepted 
  

   his 
  words 
  as 
  true. 
  But 
  if 
  he 
  was 
  disputed 
  and 
  the 
  stick 
  fell 
  to 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  it 
  was 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  man 
  had 
  spoken 
  falsely 
  and 
  that 
  his 
  

   words 
  had 
  been 
  rejected 
  by 
  the 
  birds. 
  Then 
  the 
  people 
  shouted 
  in 
  

   derision, 
  his 
  stick 
  was 
  tossed 
  away 
  and 
  the 
  man 
  lost 
  the 
  honor 
  he 
  had 
  

   sought 
  to 
  gain. 
  If 
  the 
  stick 
  remained 
  on 
  the 
  pack, 
  the 
  keepers 
  granted 
  

   permission 
  for 
  the 
  man 
  to 
  wear 
  the 
  insignia 
  of 
  the 
  grade 
  to 
  which 
  his 
  

   deed 
  belonged. 
  These 
  deeds 
  were 
  called 
  uo 
  n 
  ("acts 
  accomplished"); 
  

   the 
  supernatural 
  acceptance 
  of 
  his 
  recital 
  had 
  been 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  

   stick 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  pack, 
  therefore 
  the 
  man 
  could 
  claim 
  his 
  deed; 
  it 
  

   had 
  been 
  handed 
  back 
  to 
  him, 
  as 
  it 
  were, 
  by 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Pack. 
  

  

  GRADED 
  WAH 
  HONORS 
  

  

  Six 
  grades 
  of 
  honors 
  could 
  be 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  an 
  enemy: 
  

  

  (1 
  ) 
  The 
  highest 
  honor 
  was 
  to 
  strike 
  an 
  unwounded 
  enemy 
  with 
  the 
  

   hand 
  or 
  bow. 
  This 
  feat 
  required 
  bravery 
  and 
  skill 
  to 
  escape 
  unharmed. 
  

   Only 
  t 
  wo 
  warriors 
  could 
  take 
  this 
  honor 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  person. 
  

  

  (2) 
  This 
  honor 
  required 
  the 
  warrior 
  to 
  strike 
  a 
  wounded 
  enemy. 
  

   Only 
  two 
  could 
  take 
  this 
  honor 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  man. 
  

  

  (3) 
  To 
  strike 
  with 
  the 
  hand 
  or 
  bow 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  a 
  dead 
  enemy. 
  

   Only 
  two 
  could 
  take 
  this 
  honor 
  from 
  the 
  corpse. 
  

  

  (4) 
  To 
  kill 
  an 
  enemy. 
  

  

  (5) 
  To 
  take 
  the 
  scalp. 
  This 
  honor 
  ranked 
  with 
  no. 
  3, 
  since 
  the 
  

   dead 
  man 
  could 
  not 
  resist, 
  although 
  the 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  slain 
  might 
  

   rally 
  around 
  the 
  body 
  and 
  strive 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  act 
  by 
  carrying 
  the 
  

   man 
  off. 
  Two 
  could 
  scalp 
  the 
  same 
  enemy. 
  

  

  (6) 
  To 
  sever 
  the 
  head 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  an 
  enemy. 
  

  

  