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64. Our grandfather who is of great courage, we shall make to be a 



symbol of courage. 



65. It was at the beginning of the day, 



66. That our grandfather rushed forth in attack, 



67. Upon a high bank, 



68. And in his anger tore it down with his horns, 



69. Then he uttered a loud cry of triumph, 



70. And spake, saying: When the little ones go forth to strike their 



foes, 



71. They shall always strike them in this manner, as they travel the 



path of life, 



72. Their hands shall always be upon the foe, as they travel the path 



of life. 



73. What shall the little ones make to be a symbol of courage ? they 



said to one another. 



74. The tall animal (the elk) who stands firmly upon the earth, 



75. Our grandfather, we shall make to be a symbol of courage, 



76. Verily, in the midst of an open jirairie, 



77. There stood a plant whose blossoms always look up to the sun 



iSilphium laciniatum) , 



78. The stalks of this plant he angrily attacked with liis horns and 



reduced them to a twisted knot, 



79. Then he uttered a loud cry of triumph, 



80. And spake, saying: When the little ones go forth to strike their 



foes, 



81. They shall always strike them in this manner, as they travel the 



path of life, 



82. Their hands shall always be upon the foe, as they travel the path 



of life. 



83. What shall the little ones make to be a symbol of courage? they 



said to one another. 



84. The little animal (the deer) that lies outstretched, they said, 



85. Although not possessed with the gall ' that excites anger, 



86. We shall make to be a symbol of courage. 



87. Four villages lay side by side, 



88. Along the outskirts of these villages the deer ran swiftly and 



escaped his pursuers, 



89. Although the deer runs along the edges of the village in his flight, 



90. The arrows of his pursuers flying about him in forked lines, 



91. He escapes all dangers. 



92. When the little ones make of the deer a symbol of courage. 



3 There are many references in literatnre 1o the absence of the gall bladder in the deer family, but a refer- 

 eMce to one authority will suffice. See Flower and Lydekker, "Mammals, Li\ing and Extinct," p. 313. 



