I-APIBSCHB] TRIBAL, RITES FREE TRANSLATION 135 



13. Thereupon the Bull lowered his tail, which he had lifted in anger, 



and stood subdued by the magic- of peace. 



14. Then the Tho'-xe spake, saying: O, Tsi'-zhu, 



15. You say you have nothing that is suitable to use as a sj'mbol. 



16. I, who stand here, am a person who is suitable to use as a symbol. 



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



18. The Bull, preparatory to an extraordinary effort, expanded with 



a quick motion the hairs of his tail 



19. And tossed into the air a cloud of dust that obscured the scenes, 



20. And he spake, saying: I am a person who is never absent from 



the activities of life, O, Tsi'-zhu. 



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



22. The Bvdl threw himself with a quick motion upon the earth, 



23. And the bulbous root of the little great medicine (the pop])y 



mallow, pi. 21), 



24. Rolled forth from his body upon the earth. 



25. Whereupon he said: This root 



26. Shall always be a medicine to the people. 



27. Wheti the little ones use it for medicine, 



28. They shall enable themselves to live to see old age as they travel 



tlie path of life. 



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



30. The Bull again threw himself, with a quick motion, upon the 



earth, 



31. And the root of the Ha'-ba-ko°-?e ?i-da, "Ripens-with-the-corn " 



(Laciniaria pycnostachya) , 



32. Rolled forth from his body upon the earth, 



33. And the people said: Shall this root also 



34. Be used by the people as medicine, O, grandf atlier '^ 



35. Then hastily they put pieces of it into their mouths to test its 



taste, 



36. And said: It is bitter within the mouth, O, grandfather! 



37. It is astringent, O, grandfather! 



38. From this sacred plant we shall take a personal nume, O, gi-and- 



father, that it may ever be remembered. 



39. The name "Astringent" 



40. Shall have a place among our sacred names, O, grandfather. 



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



42. He (the Buffalo) led them to the Mo°-ko''-to''-ga, Great Medicine 



( Cucurhita foetidissima) , 



43. Before which they stood, and they said: 



44. Shall this plant be a medicine to the people, O, grandfather? 



