Ui FLESCHE] TRIBAL BITES — FREE TRANSLATION 89 



3. And thought as he stood: I will now go to my home, 



4. It being the seventh day (of his vigil). 



5. He approached a small stream as he moved homeward. 



6. As he drew near to it 



7. He came face to face with Ho°'-ga-Wa-gthi°-ts'a-ge (The Very 



Aged Eagle). 



8. He stood close to him and spake, saying: 



9. O. my grandfather, 



10. The little ones have nothing of which to make their bodies. 



11. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



12. The Aged Eagle made reply: The little ones shall make of me 



their bodies. 



13. When the little ones make of me their bodies, 



14. They shall always live to see old age. 



15. Behold, the skin of my feet, 



16. That I have made to be the means to reach old age. 



17. When the little ones, also, make of it the means to reach old age, 



18. They shall always live to see old age. 



19. Behold, the wrinkles upon my ankles, 



20. Which I have made to be the means to reach old age. 



21. When they, also, make of them the means to reach old age, 



22. They shall always live to see, upon their ankles, the signs of old 



23. Behold, the inner muscles of my thighs, 



24. Which I have made to be the means to reach old age. 



25. When they make of them the means to reach old age, 



26. They shall always live to see, in the inner muscles of their thighs, 



the signs of old age. 



27. Behold, the muscles of my breast, gathered in folds, 



28. Which I have made to be the means to reach old age. 



29. When they, also, make of them the means to reach old age, 



30. They shall always live to see, in the folds of the muscles of their 



breasts, the signs of old age. 



31. Behold, the flaccid muscles of my arms, 



32. Which I have made to be the means to reach old age. 



33. When they, also, make of them the means to reach old age, 



34. They shall always live to see old age. 



35. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



36. He said: Behold, my wings! 



37. The little ones shall make awls (of the bones) of my wings. 



38. When they take to making awls of my wings, 



39. They shall have awls that will be sharp, indeed. 



40. Even if any of the little ones pass into the realm of spirits, 



41. They shall, by the use of the awls (as scarifiers), bring them- 



selves back to consciousness. 



