LA FLBSCHB] TRIBAL KITES — FREE TRANSLATION 99 



14. When the little ones make of me their bodies 



15. And use the right side of the river 



16. To make their boilies, 



17. The right side of their bodies shall be free from all causes of death. 



18. Behold the left sitle of the river. 



19. Of it I have made the left side of my body. 



20. When the little ones also make of that the left side of their bodies, 



21. That side of their bodies shall always be free from all causes of 



death. 



22. Behold the channel of the river. 



23. Of it I have made the hollow of my body. 



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



25. The hollow of their bodies shall alwaj-s be free from all causes of 



death. 



FIQ. 7.— Mi^'-dse (Bow). Life symbol of the E-no°' Mi^-dse To" (Sole Owners of the Bow) gens of the 

 Wa-zhfl'-zhe subdivision of the Ho"'-ga great division. This gens has the office of making a bow and 

 two arrows for use at the initiatory ceremony. The three symboUze night and day, and also long life. 

 The back of the bow is painted black and the front red; one arrow is painted red and the other black. 



26. There is also an animal of which I have made my body. 



27. It is the redfish 



28. Of which I have made my body, 



29. That I might be free from all causes of death. 



30. When the little ones make of the redfish their bodies, 



3 1 . They shall always hve to see old age. 



32. Behold the blackfish. 



33. Of it I have made my body. 



34. When the little ones make of it their bodies, 



35. They shall always live to see old age. 



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



37. He said to the people: Behold the otter (pi. 8, a). 



38. Of it also I have made my body. 



39. When the little ones make of the otter their bodies, 



40. They shall always live to see old age. 



41. When the people of the Tsi'-zhu 



42. And of the Ho°'-ga 



43. Make of the otter their bodies, 



44. They shall always be free from all causes of death. 



