LAFLESCHE] RITE OF VIGIL FREE TRANSLATION. 83 



About fourteen years later the names were obtained by the writer 

 from Wa-xtlii'-zlii and Tse-zlii'''-ga-wa-(hi-i''-ga, severally. The 

 names as given by these two men agree in every respect excepting 

 in their sequential order. The order as given by Wa-xthi'-zhi will 

 be given here : 



1. Wa-9a'-be. 



2. Wa-zha'-zhe. 



3. Tsi'-zhu. 



4. Ho°'-ga U-ta-no°-dsi. 



The name Wa'-tse-ga-wa (Star Radiant) , No. 2 in the order given 

 by To°-wo°'-i-hi, is the ancient name of the Wa-f a'-be, No. 1 in the 

 order given by Wa-xthi'-zhi. Both the names ^i°'-dse-a-gthe, No. .3 

 in the first order, and Tsi'-zhu, No. 3 in the second, refer to the 

 principal war gentes of the fsi'-zhu division. According to tratli- 

 tion, it would appear that the order given by 'ro°-wo°'-i-hi is the 

 correct one. (See 36th Ann. Rept. B. A. E., p. 61.) 



The initial line in each section of the wi'-gi-e: "Toward what shall 

 they direct their footsteps, they said to one another," refers to the 

 discussions of the ancient No^'-ho^-zhi^-ga when formulating the war 

 rites. 



The second line of each section: "Toward the setting sun," is a 

 cryptic reference to the life journey of the people as an organized 

 body, a journey which is likened to that of the sun (the great life 

 symbol), taken daily and always westward. 



The line: "Then shall the little ones always take with ease their 

 footsteps," means that only by following the established rules can 

 a war leader conscientiously proceed, without fear of giving offense 

 to any of the gentes composing the tribe or to any individual member 

 of a gens. Whatever steps he may contemplate taking toward the 

 attacking of another tribe, either as an individual enterprise or on 

 behalf of all the people, he must first approach the "little house" 

 and obtain therein the sanction of the people. 



The last line in each section was always recited by the Xo'-ka in 

 a low tone close to the ear of the initiate and to impress upon his 

 mind that the warrior, in order to "take with ease his footsteps," 

 must always make the tribe a party to his enterprise. 



The Song of Walking Upon the Sacked Animal Skins. 



The fourth movement of the Tsi Ta'-pe brings the men to the 

 southwest end of the ground chosen for the ceremony, which is out 

 of doors, in the open air, but is referred to in the Song of Approach 

 as the "House of the Ho°'-ga" (see p. 80). Arrived at this point, 

 the solemn procession of the four men pauses. The Xo'-ka stands 

 directly behind the second pair of the symbolic moccasins (Fig. 2, G) 

 which had been placed in readiness for him and so arranged that the toes 



