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getting one slice,” so be it, that is (a way) I bless also you, so be it. 
That was probably, so be it, how he had been blessed, so be it. And 
again, so be it, the person who continues to handle carefully for me, 
so be it, the things you hand over to me, so be it, him also, so be it, 
IT shall, so be it, bless him with life, so be it. Moreover, so be it, the 
person, so be it, whoever receives and eats for me what you have 
handed me, so be it, who eats it up carefully, so be it, I shall, so be it, 
bless him the same way, so be it. That was what, so be it, he was 
probably told by him, so be it, when he was, so be it, spoken to, so 
be it, by the manitou, so be it, when he obtained mercy from him, 
so beit. Then, so be it, this probably was mentioned to him, so be it, 
this sacred pack, so be it. Truly for several times, so be it, we have 
received benefit from it, so be it. And, so be it, this, so be it, sacred 
pack, so be it, has, so be it, always, so be it, given us, so be it, healthy 
lives, so be it. And, so be it, it is our grandfather’s, so be it, blessing, 
so be it. That verily, so be it, is the reason, so be it, I speak aim- 
lessly, so be it. This is why, so be it, I relate it to you, so be it, 
so it (the food) shall also, so be it, have a strong effect on our bodies, 
so be it, the food, so be it, which is, so be it, offered to the manitous, 
so be it. In this way we shall, so be it, please, so be it, the manitou, 
so be it, and that was, so be it, what I said to him, so be it, 
when, so be it, I spoke to, so be it, this, our grandchild, so be it. 
So that is, so be it, what the manitous, so be it, will say to each 
other, so be it. Then that is the way, so be it, we shall make them, 
so be it, mindful, so be it, give the blessing, so be it, if we are careful, 
_so be it. That is as long, so be it, as I shall, so be it, speak for them 
who thought of the manitou, so be it, you men and you women,” 
said the new and the young chief. 
Then it is said the person was very much gladdened who owned the 
sacred pack by the way (the other) spoke. “That is very good,” 
he thought, because it was being spoken for him. Then after they 
finished the gens festival, he went over there and he was all alone, all 
the rest who lived there had gone swimming. The women (had 
gone) toward the river. 
Then, it is said, he (and the other) began a conversation together. 
“Well, my friend, what you said is very good indeed, in the speech 
you made for me in my gens festival. I am proud. ‘That is very 
good,’ I thought. So you should do this always, my friend,” he said 
to him. Then, ‘We could move to a new location wherever we like 
the best, wherever we could be a long time,” he told their chief. 
“That is the way we could do the best,” he said to him. 
71 The hidden meaning is, that he will kill enemies, obtain victory. 
