﻿FLETCHEB-LA 
  FLESCHE] 
  

  

  SOCIETIES 
  

  

  487 
  

  

  gens) 
  of 
  the 
  Tha'tada 
  gens, 
  which 
  took 
  pari 
  in 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  held 
  

   in 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  in 
  charge 
  <>f 
  the 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  gens 
  when 
  the 
  

   thunder 
  first 
  sounded 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  two 
  were 
  distinct 
  and 
  

   unrelated. 
  The 
  Mo"chu' 
  ithaethe 
  society 
  has 
  been 
  extinct 
  for 
  half 
  

   a 
  century. 
  The 
  following 
  song 
  belonged 
  to 
  this 
  society: 
  

  

  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  BEAR 
  SONG 
  

  

  - 
  i 
  I 
  ^— 
  I— 
  H 
  1 
  h 
  

  

  -•— 
  i— 
  I- 
  -* 
  -»■ 
  -0- 
  ■* 
  

  

  thu 
  a-ti 
  a 
  no" 
  

  

  zhi" 
  

  

  -the 
  e 
  tho"-be 
  pi-a-do" 
  the-thu 
  a- 
  ti 
  no"-zhi 
  n 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Theihu, 
  here, 
  at 
  this 
  place; 
  aft, 
  I 
  came; 
  ano 
  n 
  - 
  

   zht", 
  I 
  stood; 
  xuga, 
  badger 
  (this 
  word 
  was 
  sometimes 
  used 
  to 
  desig- 
  

   nate 
  animals 
  with 
  claws; 
  in 
  this 
  instance 
  the 
  grizzly 
  bear 
  was 
  really 
  

   meant); 
  bthia, 
  I 
  was; 
  etho 
  n 
  be 
  piado 
  71 
  , 
  as 
  I 
  appeared. 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  man 
  went 
  out 
  to 
  fast. 
  When 
  

   he 
  came 
  to 
  a 
  particular 
  place 
  (thethu), 
  the 
  grizzly 
  bear 
  appeared 
  

   as 
  he 
  stood 
  there 
  and 
  the 
  man 
  felt 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  mysteriously 
  

   related 
  to 
  the 
  bear. 
  The 
  song 
  set 
  forth 
  the 
  man's 
  credential 
  or 
  title 
  

   to 
  membership 
  in 
  the 
  Bear 
  society. 
  

  

  THE 
  TE' 
  ITHAETHE 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Te' 
  ithaethe 
  (te, 
  "buffalo;" 
  ithaethe, 
  "to 
  show 
  compas- 
  

   sion" 
  — 
  " 
  those 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  buffalo 
  has 
  shown 
  compassion," 
  by 
  

   coming 
  to 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  vision 
  and 
  giving 
  power) 
  society 
  was 
  committed 
  

   the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  medicines 
  for 
  the 
  curing 
  of 
  wounds. 
  Membership 
  

   was 
  accorded 
  to 
  persons 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  buffalo 
  appeared 
  

   in 
  dreams. 
  The 
  roots 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  anise, 
  the 
  hop 
  {HumuLus 
  lupulus), 
  

   and 
  PTiysalis 
  viscora 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  healing. 
  Bits 
  of 
  these 
  roots 
  were 
  

   ground 
  between 
  the 
  teeth, 
  then 
  water 
  was 
  taken 
  into 
  the 
  mouth, 
  and 
  

   the 
  medicated 
  liquid 
  was 
  blown 
  with 
  force 
  into 
  the 
  wound. 
  

  

  The 
  fnl 
  lowing 
  account 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  writers 
  details 
  a 
  scene 
  wit- 
  

   nessed 
  in 
  his 
  boyhood 
  when 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  playmates 
  was 
  accidentally 
  

   shot 
  by 
  a 
  young 
  man 
  who, 
  with 
  some 
  companions, 
  was 
  tiring 
  a 
  pistol 
  

   at 
  a 
  mark: 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  shooting 
  the 
  excitement 
  was 
  intense, 
  and 
  above 
  all 
  the 
  noise 
  could 
  be 
  

   heard 
  the 
  heartrending 
  wails 
  of 
  the 
  unfortunate 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  wounded 
  the 
  boy 
  in 
  the 
  

   head. 
  The 
  relatives 
  of 
  the 
  lad 
  were 
  preparing 
  to 
  avenge 
  his 
  death, 
  and 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  