LAFLESCHE] TRIBAL RITES FREE TRANSLATION 149 



40. And those of the Tsi'-zhu 



41. Shall make of me their bodies as they travel the path of life. 



42. When they make of me their bodies, 



43. The four great divisions of the days 



44. They shall enable themselves to reach and enter as they travel 



the path of life. 



45. Little ones, 



46. Verily, an unbroken line of descendants they shall live to see as 



they travel the path of life. 



47. In the days that are calm and peaceful 



48. They shall abide as a people as they travel the path of life. 



49. I am not the only great god. 



.50. Then to Wa-ko^'-da Mo^-shi-ta, god of the upper region (sky), 

 they spake, 



51. Saying: O, grandfather, 



52. The little ones have become a people, O, grandfather. 



53. The god of the sky replied: The little ones shall make of me their 



bodies. 



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



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



the path of life. 



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



57. Those of the Ho°'-ga, 



58. And those of the Tsi'-zhu 



59. Make of me their bodies as they travel the path of life, 



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



the path of life. 



61. The four divisions of the days 



62. They shall enable themselves to reach and enter as they travel 



the path of life. 



63. I am not the only great god. 



64. To Wa-ko°'-da Hiu-dse'-ta, the goddess of the lower region 



(earth), they spake, 



65. Saying: O, grandmother, 



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



67. The goddess of the lower region replied : The little ones shall make 



of me their bodies. 



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



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



the path of life. 



70. Little ones, 



71. Verily, an unbroken line of descendants they shall live t" see as 



they travel the path of life. 



