CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 37 



Parti. Free translation 39 



NqN'-zhiN-zho"^ Wa-tho'*, Songs of the Rite of Vigil. 



The seven songs _ ^j^ 



Initiation into the No^'-zhio-zho" 42 



Wi'-gi-e of tlie guardians of the penalties 44 



Penalty wi'-gi-e used by all the gentes 47 



Penalty wi'-gi-e of Ni'-ka-wa-ko-'-da-gi gens 51 



Notice of initiation ceremony 52 



Carrying pipe and wailing by candidate 53 



The first smoking wi'-gi-e — the taking of the seven animals 54 



The second smoking wi'-gi-e — the taking of the six animals 69 



The Ho''-be'-gu ceremony '_ gl 



Wi'-gi-e of the symbolic moccasins _ §3 



The Wa'-do°-be []_./_] 67 



The night singing _ gg 



Title of the candidate gg 



The Ki'-no" ""]' gg 



iKi'-no" song and wi'-gi-e 70 



Painting of the Xo'-ka _ 72 



Putting symbolic articles on the Xo'-ka 73 



Wi'-gi-e of the sj'mbolic painting 74 



The No^-zhi"' Wa-tho° (rising song) 7g 



Zho^'-xa Wa-zhu (consecrated tally sticks) 77 



Sacred order of the songs used by the Wa-ga'-be and I°-gtho°'-ga 



gentes 73 



Song of processional approach to the house "79 



The song of walking upon the sacred animal skins 83 



Songs of untying the shrine _ gg 



Preparing to enter the house of mystery gg 



Legend of the hawk wa-xo'-be lOO 



The sjmbolic man 1q1 



Spirit songs 103 



Songs of the vigils _ 106 



Supplication songs _ m 



Songs of taking up the symbolic rattle II4 



Sun or pipe offering songs 120 



Wolf songs 124 



Crow songs I27 



Deer songs 12g 



Songs of the act of weeping 137 



Wi'-gi-e of the dreams 138 



Duties of the Do-do °'-ho°-ga I44 



Songs of seizing the Wa'-do''-be I47 



Wi'-gi-e of the Black Bear and the Wa-zha'-zhe Wa-no° gentes 154 



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