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him what the old people do when they give a child a name, and 

 what they say. All these things the old man told him. ' 'It is good," 

 he said, "for you to know these things so that if anyone comes to 

 you and asks you for information you will be able to tell them some- 

 thing and will not have to behave like a fool. If you are asked to 

 give a little child a name, this little child will really be a means of 

 increasing your power. That is why you ought to give a feast for 

 it and smoke the child's tobacco. You must also give the child a 

 name for his dog. Give him the name Yellow-Tree for a male dog. 

 The name Yellow-Tree is given for the following reason. When the 

 Thunderbirds strike at a tree it looks yellow. Just as leaves wither 

 so do trees wither when the Thunderbirds strike them. They then 

 begin to rot and become very much discolored. That is why they 

 give a dog this name. If you ever have to give a dog-name for a 

 female child call it She-Who-Stays-In-Her-Own-Place. This is all 

 that I wish to tell you." 



SYSTEM OF INSTRUCTION TO DAUGHTER 



This is the way the old men used to speak to the little girls : 



My daughter, as you go along the path of life, always listen to 

 your parents. Do not permit your mother to work. Attend to 

 your father's wants. All the work in the house belongs to you. 

 Never be idle. Chop the wood, carry it home, look after the vege- 

 tables and gather them, and cook the food. Wlien in the spring 

 of the year you move back to your permanent settlements, plant 

 your fields immediately. Never get lazy. Earthmaker created you 

 for these tasks. 



When you have your menses, do not ask those in your lodge to 

 give you any food, but leave the lodge and fast and do not begin 

 eating again until you return to your own lodge. Thus will you 

 help yourself. If you always fast, when you marry, even if your 

 husband had amounted to nothing before, he will become an excel- 

 lent hunter. It will be on account of your fasting that he will have 

 changed so much. You wiU never fail in anything and you wiU 

 always be well and happy. If, on the contrary, you do not do as I 

 tell you — that is, if you do not fast — when you marry he will be- 

 come very weak, and this will be due to you. Finally he will get 

 very sick. 



My daughter, do not use medicine. If you marry a man and 

 place medicine on his head he will become very weak and wUl not 

 amount to anything. It may be that you do not want to have your 

 husband leave you and this may induce you to use medicine to keep 

 him. Do not do that, however, for it is not good. You will be 

 ruining a man. It is the same as kUling him. Do not do it, for it 

 is forbidden. If you marry a man and you want to be certain of 

 always retaining him, work for him. With work you will always 



