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3. There is an adolescent youth, 



4. Upon whom we shall always slip off our moccasins, they said to 



one another, it has been said, in this house. 



5. When we slip off our moccasins upon the adolescent youth, 



6. We shall make it possible to slip off with ease our moccasins, my 



younger brothers, they said to one another. 



7. Upon what shall we slip off our moccasins? they said to one 



another, it has been said, in this house. 



8. Toward the setting of the sun, 



9. There is an adolescent maiden, 



10. Upon whom we shall always slip off our moccasins, they said to 



one another, it has been said, in this house. 



1 1 . When we slip off our moccasins upon the adolescent maiden, 



12. We shall make it possible to slip off with ease our moccasins, my 



younger brothers, they said to one another. 



13. Upon what shall we slip off our moccasins? they said to one 



another, it has been said, in this house. 



14. Toward the setting of the sim, 



15. There is a man who is honored for his military prowess, 



16. Upon whom we shall always slip off our moccasins, they said to 



one another, it has been said, in this house. 



17. When we slip off om* moccasins upon the man honored for liis 



military prowess, 



18. We shall make it possible to slip off with ease our moccasins, my 



younger brothers, they said to one another. 



19. Upon what shall we slip off our moccasins? they said to one 



another, it has been said, in tliis house. 



20. Toward the setting of the sun, 



21. There is a woman who has given birth to her first child, 



22. Upon whom we shall always slip off om' moccasins, they said to 



one another, it has been said, in this house. 



23. When we slip off our moccasins upon the woman who has given 



birth to her first cliild, 



24. We shall make it possible to slip off with ease our moccasins, 



my younger brothers, they said to one another. 



At the close of the wi'-gi-e the Sho'-ka removes from the head of 

 the Xo'-ka the white downy plmne he had beeii wearing and replaces 

 it with a red one which he takes from within the right foot of the 

 second pair of symbolic moccasins. When the red plimie has been 

 fastened to the base of the braided lock on the crown of his head, 

 the Xo'-ka, with a backward sliding movement of his right foot, 

 slips off the moccasin, and in the same manner removes the moccasin 



