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  11. 
  Great 
  gray 
  wolf, 
  thou 
  werl 
  then 
  "moving"— 
  egka! 
  

  

  12. 
  Your 
  pale 
  face, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  peered 
  over 
  the 
  hill 
  again 
  and 
  again 
  as 
  you 
  walked 
  i 
  gka 
  ' 
  

  

  13. 
  Your 
  long 
  tail 
  blown 
  by 
  the 
  wind 
  to 
  one 
  side 
  as 
  you 
  passed 
  on, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  egka! 
  

  

  14. 
  He! 
  Male 
  crow, 
  you 
  long 
  ago 
  were 
  "moving"— 
  egka! 
  

  

  15. 
  The 
  frayed 
  feathers 
  ruffled 
  at 
  your 
  neck 
  as 
  you 
  walked, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  16. 
  The 
  people 
  cry 
  IIo! 
  in 
  admiration, 
  as 
  you 
  walk, 
  80 
  il 
  was 
  said 
  -egha! 
  

  

  17. 
  You 
  shouted 
  again 
  and 
  again 
  back 
  to 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  distance, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  n;kn! 
  

  

  18. 
  Turning 
  yourself 
  again 
  and 
  again 
  as 
  joyfully 
  you 
  walked 
  to 
  leeward 
  on 
  the 
  broad 
  

  

  land, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  — 
  egha! 
  

  

  19. 
  The 
  herds 
  of 
  animals 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  20. 
  Verily 
  you 
  cause 
  them 
  to 
  come 
  near 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  21. 
  This 
  have 
  you 
  done, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  22. 
  He! 
  Herds 
  of 
  animals 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  23. 
  Not 
  even 
  one 
  may 
  escape 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  24. 
  Verily, 
  close 
  together 
  do 
  they 
  stand 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  25. 
  Slaughtered 
  were 
  they— 
  egka! 
  

  

  26. 
  He! 
  Many 
  were 
  carried 
  home 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  27. 
  The 
  field 
  lay 
  vast, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  — 
  egka.' 
  

  

  28. 
  Ever 
  toward 
  leeward, 
  wolf 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  29. 
  For 
  that 
  purpose 
  you 
  walk 
  — 
  i 
  gka. 
  

  

  30. 
  A 
  deserted 
  place 
  immediately 
  becomes 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  your 
  activity 
  egka! 
  

  

  31. 
  The 
  buffalo 
  ly 
  ins; 
  dead 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  32. 
  In 
  great 
  flocks 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  crows 
  gather 
  together 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  33. 
  Verily, 
  what 
  is 
  yours 
  you 
  eat 
  and 
  the 
  food 
  gives 
  you 
  new 
  life 
  , 
  gka 
  ' 
  

  

  34. 
  The 
  remainder 
  lay 
  scattered, 
  that 
  which 
  was 
  left 
  you 
  ate 
  — 
  egka 
  ' 
  

  

  35. 
  Verily, 
  like 
  to 
  this 
  do 
  I 
  desire 
  for 
  my 
  children 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  36. 
  Verily, 
  I 
  would 
  make 
  them 
  to 
  rejoice, 
  that 
  do 
  I 
  strive 
  to 
  bring 
  to 
  pass— 
  egka! 
  

  

  37. 
  Although 
  1 
  have 
  first 
  touched 
  food 
  with 
  my 
  mouth 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  38. 
  Nevertheless, 
  the 
  little 
  ones, 
  the 
  children 
  — 
  egka! 
  

  

  39. 
  Their 
  hearts 
  would 
  I 
  make 
  glad, 
  with 
  my 
  power 
  (moving), 
  so 
  you 
  said, 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  — 
  

  

  egka! 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  ritual, 
  the 
  wolf 
  and 
  the 
  crow 
  address 
  the 
  people 
  as 
  "little 
  

   ones," 
  "children," 
  and 
  by 
  their 
  help 
  bring 
  the 
  herds 
  near 
  to 
  furnish 
  

   food 
  and 
  sustain 
  life. 
  The 
  office 
  of 
  "soldier" 
  on 
  the 
  tribal 
  limit 
  made 
  

   it 
  possible 
  for 
  all 
  tin- 
  people, 
  old 
  and 
  young, 
  rich 
  and 
  poor, 
  to 
  be 
  

   "made 
  glad" 
  by 
  abundant 
  food. 
  

  

  The 
  refrain, 
  efka, 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  "I 
  desire," 
  "I 
  crave," 
  "I 
  ask 
  

   or 
  pray 
  for." 
  It 
  is 
  ritualistic 
  and 
  responsive 
  to 
  that 
  which 
  precedes. 
  

   Each 
  line 
  is 
  not 
  complete 
  in 
  itself, 
  yet 
  it 
  conveys 
  the 
  picture, 
  or 
  a 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  picture, 
  of 
  the 
  help 
  offered 
  once 
  and 
  for 
  all 
  time 
  by 
  the 
  wolf 
  

   and 
  the 
  crow 
  and 
  tends 
  to 
  impress 
  on 
  the 
  warrior 
  his 
  dependence 
  

   on 
  these 
  supernatural 
  helpers. 
  In 
  line 
  5, 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  line 
  7, 
  the 
  

   wolf 
  and 
  the 
  crow 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  lie 
  "moving" 
  in 
  a 
  time 
  long 
  past. 
  This 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  "moving" 
  brings 
  the 
  crow 
  and 
  the 
  wolf 
  into 
  mythical 
  

   relation 
  with 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  the 
  power 
  that 
  "moves," 
  that 
  gives 
  life 
  to 
  

   all 
  things; 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  these 
  creatures 
  were 
  "moving" 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  

   distant 
  past 
  and 
  their 
  action 
  had 
  in 
  it 
  something 
  of 
  the 
  creative 
  

   character. 
  

  

  The 
  ritual 
  also 
  perpetuates 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  office 
  

   of 
  "soldier" 
  (those 
  who 
  were 
  to 
  guard 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  reguiate 
  the 
  

   hunting) 
  was 
  created, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  mythical 
  promise 
  of 
  the 
  crow 
  and 
  

  

  