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9. 

 Footprints I shall make; I pluck the ripened ears. 



10. 

 Footprints I shall make; the blossoms fall. 



11. 

 Footprints I shall make; the ears cross each other in profusion. 



12. 

 Footprints I shall make: I break down the stalks. 



13. 

 Footprints I shall make; there's joy in iuy house. 



Wolf Songs. 



The remarks concerning the Wolf Songs of the Puma gens of the 

 Ho"'-ga division (p. 124) apply also to the following Wolf Songs of 

 the Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta'-ge gens of the Tsi'-zhu division. 



The Wolf Songs of the various gentes of both the Tsi'-zhu and 

 Ho"'-ga divisions are dedicated to the eight commanders chosen 

 from the two great tribal divisions, four from one and four from the 

 other, for a great war party. The Wolf Songs of the Pxmia gens and 

 also those of the Tho'-xe gens (to be published later) dwell upon the 

 authority of the eight commanders and upon the mystic traits of 

 the wolf, such as watchfulness, physical endurance, and the ability 

 to resist the longing for home, traits necessary to the officers respon- 

 sible for the lives of their men. The Wolf Songs belonging to the 

 Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta'-ge are supplicatory in character — an appeal to 

 the supernatural to grant to the commanders the same powers 

 bestowed upon the wolf to aid them in overcoming their enemies. 



Songs 1 and 2 are nearly alike. One stanza from each of these 

 songs will suffice to give their meaning. 



