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  11. 
  Gihi'thoHhigiiha 
  (see 
  third 
  line); 
  i, 
  plural, 
  refers 
  to 
  "they, 
  ' 
  the 
  

   children; 
  iho^zha, 
  although, 
  nevertheless; 
  epka, 
  I 
  desire. 
  

  

  12. 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  line. 
  

  

  13. 
  Eda'do 
  71 
  shti 
  wo 
  n 
  (eda'do 
  n 
  , 
  things; 
  shti 
  wo 
  n 
  , 
  whatever), 
  idiom 
  — 
  

   and 
  whatever 
  things; 
  'de, 
  ede, 
  words 
  ; 
  shna, 
  to 
  think; 
  'zhi, 
  u 
  n 
  lcazhi, 
  not; 
  

   te, 
  do. 
  

  

  14. 
  TJki'hi, 
  learned; 
  'zhi, 
  u 
  n 
  lcazhi, 
  not 
  ; 
  iho 
  n 
  lca, 
  they 
  are; 
  eshnego 
  n 
  , 
  

   you 
  judge; 
  te, 
  do. 
  

  

  15. 
  The 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  line. 
  

  

  /■7r 
  i 
  Inmslilllnn 
  

  

  1. 
  Oh! 
  Aged 
  Onel 
  1 
  implore 
  

  

  2. 
  Your 
  children 
  being 
  in 
  sore 
  distress, 
  ecka, 
  

  

  3. 
  Have 
  brought 
  you 
  home, 
  ecka. 
  

  

  4. 
  "I 
  shall 
  lie 
  with 
  them 
  as 
  an 
  instructor, 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  with 
  them." 
  

  

  5. 
  You 
  have 
  said, 
  they 
  say, 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  denied, 
  ecka, 
  

  

  6. 
  Your 
  children 
  being 
  in 
  sore 
  distress, 
  ecka, 
  

  

  7. 
  That 
  in 
  you 
  they 
  may 
  take 
  refuge, 
  ecka, 
  

  

  8. 
  Have 
  brought 
  you 
  home, 
  ecka, 
  

   !i 
  Aged 
  i 
  me! 
  I 
  implore. 
  

  

  10. 
  Oh! 
  Your 
  children 
  desire 
  to 
  an 
  e 
  by 
  your 
  strength, 
  ecka, 
  

  

  11. 
  Though 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  erred 
  in 
  their 
  bringing 
  you 
  home, 
  ecka, 
  

   ll'. 
  Aged 
  ( 
  toe! 
  I 
  implore. 
  

  

  13. 
  And 
  whatever 
  you 
  may 
  think, 
  do 
  not 
  reproach 
  them, 
  

   it. 
  But 
  rather, 
  judge 
  them 
  by 
  their 
  ignorance, 
  

   15. 
  Aged 
  < 
  toe! 
  I 
  implore. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  ritual 
  was 
  used 
  when 
  entering 
  the 
  sweat 
  lodge 
  before 
  

   the 
  initiation 
  of 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Pebble 
  society 
  was 
  to 
  take 
  place. 
  

   According 
  to 
  ancient 
  custom, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  articles 
  to 
  be 
  served 
  at 
  the 
  

   feast 
  given 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  was 
  a 
  white 
  dog; 
  this 
  was 
  cooked 
  

   as 
  the 
  stones 
  were 
  heated 
  for 
  the 
  sweat 
  lodge. 
  During 
  the 
  prepara- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  cooking 
  of 
  the 
  dog 
  all 
  the 
  leaders 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  

   present. 
  The 
  dog 
  was 
  painted 
  before 
  it 
  was 
  strangled; 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  

   reel 
  was 
  put 
  across 
  the 
  nose 
  and 
  the 
  feet 
  and 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  tail 
  were 
  

   painted 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  color. 
  Songs 
  preceded 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  dog, 
  

   the 
  dressing 
  of 
  it, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  feast. 
  Any 
  mistake 
  made 
  in 
  singing 
  

   these 
  songs 
  or 
  in 
  reciting 
  the 
  ritual 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  death 
  of 
  the 
  

   offender. 
  The 
  songs 
  which 
  accompanied 
  the 
  feast 
  have 
  all 
  been 
  

   forgotten 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  lapsing 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  The 
  ritual 
  here 
  

   given 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  an 
  old 
  man 
  who 
  has 
  now 
  been 
  dead 
  many 
  

   years. 
  

  

  . 
  Ritual 
  for 
  Sweat 
  Lodge, 
  No. 
  3 
  

  

  L. 
  lie 
  I 
  n 
  shage 
  ecka 
  

  

  2. 
  He 
  l 
  n 
  shnike 
  tho" 
  ecka 
  

  

  '.. 
  ["ehage 
  ecka 
  

  

  4. 
  Wibthaho" 
  ta 
  mike 
  tho 
  n 
  zha 
  ecka 
  

  

  5 
  P'shage 
  ecka 
  

  

  6. 
  lie 
  ["shage 
  ecka 
  

  

  7. 
  Nito 
  n 
  ga 
  niuathite 
  uthishi 
  xti 
  ke 
  tho" 
  ecka 
  

   8 
  l 
  n 
  shage 
  i 
  cka 
  

  

  