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3. 



Grandfather, O, grandfather, 



When I find the enemy, 



I reduce his houses to white smoke. 



Grandfather, O, grandfather. 



When I find tlie enemy, 



I reduce his iiouses to gray ashes. 



5. 



Grandfatlier, O, grandfatlier, 



When I find the enemy, 



His bones lie wliitened and scattered. 



Buffalo Songs. 



When the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka reaches the Tse Wa-tho°, Buffalo 

 Songs, he raises his voice and speaks to the No^'-ho^-zhi^-ga, saying: 

 "Ha! No°'-ho°-zhi''-ga, Tse Wa-tho° a-tsi'i" do. The ga Ki'-no° tsi 

 ga-xa bi a, No"-lio"-zhi"-e'," a free translation of which is; "Ho! 

 No°'-ho"-zhi''-ga, I have now come to the Buffalo Songs. It is the 

 custom, at this point, to bring in those who are to be instructed in 

 the use and meaning of the symbolic fare paintings." 



The Sho'-ka then goes out and in a short time returns, followed 

 by the wife of the Singer and a number of her female relatives and 

 immediate friends, all of whom must belong to the wife's gens. 

 These women, dressed in their gayest attire, arrange themselves in a 

 row in front of the A'-ki-ho" Xo'-ka, the Xo'-ka and the Singer 

 who sit just back of the Wa-.xo'-be (Fig. 2). When the women have 

 taken their places, the A'-ki-ho° Xo'-ka begins his instructions, a 

 free translation of which is given. He begins by addressing the wife 

 of the Singer by the term of relationship that he is accustomed to 

 use when speaking to her. 



Instructions to the Wife of the Singer. 



painting to send courage. 



"My granddaughter, this Wa-.\o'-be is now yours, to take care of 

 until there comes a time when it will be passed on to some one else. 

 There may come a time when a warrior will wish to use this par- 

 ticular Wa-xo'-be in a war expedition. If ever that happens the 

 warrior will come to your house in an ajjpeal to you, not only for 

 its use but also for your good wishes for success during the time that 

 he is gone on the expedition. When you hear that a warrior is 

 about to come to you, then you shall prepare yourself to receive 

 him ceremonially. Should you happen to have a robe of black bear- 



