LAPLESCHB) TRIBAL, RITES- — FREE TRANSLATION ]37 



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



80. The Bull caused a speckled corn 



81. To roll forth upon the earth, 



82. Saying, as he did so: The speckled corn also 



83. The little ones shall use as medicine. 



84. When they use this corn as medicine, 



85. They shall cause their limbs to stretch in growth as they travel 



the path of life. 



86. And the people said: The speckled squash 



87. We shall make to accompany it, O, grandfather. 



88. The speckled animal 



89. We shall make to accompany it. 



90. The Bull spake, saying: When the little ones use all of these as 



medicine, 



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



the path of life. 



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



93. The Bull spake, sa}dng: These shall stand as medicine for tlie 



little ones. 



94. The yellow corn, 



95. The little ones shall use as medicine. 



96. When the little ones use the yellow corn as medicine, 



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



the path of life. 



98. The people spake, saying: The yellow squash, 



99. We shall make to accompany it, O, grandfather, 



100. The animal with yellow hair, 



101. We shall make it to be the means of bringing, O, grandfather, 



102. And the Bull spake, saying: When the little ones use all of these 



as medicine, 



103. They shall enable themselves to live to see old age. 



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



105. And those of the Ho°'-ga, 



106. Use all of these as medicine, 



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



the path of life. 



108. All of these they shall use to make their limbs to stretch in 



growth. 



109. The four great divisions of the days, 



110. Verily the four great divisions, 



111. They shall enable themselves to reach and to enter, 



112. To the days that are calm and peaceful, 



113. They shall enable themselves to come and to enter as they travel 



the path of life. 



