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Do-(lo"'-i-no°-hi'' was first to strike the warrior, and being next to 

 him in the attack I gave the enemy the second stroke, wliich entitles 

 me to a hke o-do"'. O, thou Wa-xo'-be that Ues before me, I place 

 this upon thee." 



(2) "This (willow sapling) represents the o-do°' called Wa'-thu- 

 xpe.' I won it in a fight by a great war party, composed of both 

 the great divisions of the tribe. The sacred charcoal was still upon 

 my body and face when I performed this act and there exists no 

 doubt of my title to count this o-do"'. O, thou Wa-xo'-be that lies 

 before me, I place this upon thee." 



(3) "This (willow sapling) represents the o-do°' known as Do-do°'- 

 ]iin.^Qn.ga, Wa-tse'-gtlii, Triumph of a Do-do^'-ho^-ga of a Great War 

 Party. Ni'-ka-ga-xthi came to me in his bereavement and, weeping, 

 asked me to go forth to slay an enemy because of his loss. I went 

 forth and came back in triumph. O, thou Wa-xo'-be that lies before 

 me, I place this upon thee." 



(4) "This (willow sapling) represents the o-do"' called Wa-tse', 

 Victory. I won the o-do°' when, as the officer carrying one of the 

 standards of a war party, I struck an enemy. O, thou Wa-xo'-be 

 that lies before me, I place this upon thee." 



(5) "This (willow sapling) represents the o-do°' called Do-do"'- 

 hi^-to^-ga Wa-ga'-xthi, Striking of an Enemy in an Attack by a 

 Great War Party. I won this o-do"' when, under the leadership of 

 Mi-ka'-zhi"-ga, a war party attacked and slew a number of the 

 enemy. O, thou Wa-.xo'-be that lies before me, I place this upon 

 thee." 



(6) " Tliis (willow sapling) represents the o-do"' calletl Mo"-zho"'-dsi 

 Ga-xthi, The Striking of an Enemy in the Open Country. I won this 

 o-do"' by striking a single enemy attacked at break of day by a war 

 party of which I was a member. O, thou Wa-xo'-be that lies before 

 me, I place this upon thee." 



(7) "This (willow sapling) represents the o-do"' called Tsi'-ga- 

 xa-to"-ga Pa' Wa-thu-pe, Taking a Head in an Attack by a War Party 



■ Composed of Warriors of Only One of the Two Great Divisions. I 

 won this o-do"' in an attack made by a war party led by Wa-ko"'- 

 da-u-ki-e. O, thou Wa-xo'-be that lies before me, I place this upon 

 thee."' 



« The term " wa'-thu-xpe" remains unexplained, although diligent inquiry has been made concerning 

 Its meaning. The word analytically translated is: Wa, an act and upon; thu-xpe, from the word u-thi'- 

 xpa-the, to drop. It is probable that the word refers to the custom of the warriors of dropping upon the 

 body of a slain enemy the sacred captive thong which each warrior is given to carry for the purpose of tying 

 a captive should one be taken. As there is no use for the thong, no captive having been taken, the thong 

 is left upon the body of the slain man. The warrior who has thus dropped his thong upon the dead body 

 of an enemy is permitted to count the act as "o-do^'." 



