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75. Of that shaft of hght I have made my sjTnbolic plume. 



76. When the little ones make of that shaft of light their sjrmbolic 



plumes, 



77. They shall always live to see old age. 

 7S. When the little ones approach old age, 



79. Having made of that shaft of light their symbolic plumes, 



80. Their symbolic plumes shall never droop as they travel the path 



of life. 



HON'-B.\ THA-GTHlN (PEACEFUL DAY)'" 



81. I, as a person, verily make my abode in the days that are cahn 



and peaceful. 



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



83. They shall enable themselves to dwell as a people in the days 



that are calm and peaceful as they travel the path of life. 



84. Verily, from all the gods 



85. I, who stand here, have removed all signs of anger. 



86. When the Uttle ones make of me their bodies, 



87. They shall enable themselves to remove from the gods 



88. All signs of anger as they travel the path of life. 



89. From the god who hes below (the earth) 



90. I have removed all anger and violence. 



91. From the god of daylight, who stands in the midst of the 



heavens, 



92. I have removed all anger and violence. 



93. From the god who hes above (the overarching sky) 



94. I have removed all anger and violence. 



95. Verily, from all the gods, 



96. When the httle ones make of me their bodies, 



97. They shall enable themselves to remove all anger and violence 



as they travel the path of life. 



98. When the people of the Wa-zha'-zhe, 



99. Together with those of the Ho^'-ga, 



100. Make of me their bodies, 



101. Verily, from over all the land, 



102. They shall enable themselves to remove all anger and violence 



as they travel the path of life. 



•• Wa-xthi'-zhi gave this subtitle, but he offered no expIanatioB as to its meaning. However, it gives 

 reason for the belief that it is the title of a subgens of the Red Eagle gens. This title appears as a personal 

 woman's name in the Omaha I°-shta-co»-da gens. (See 27th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 194.) 



