230 THE WINNEBAGO TEIBE [eth. ann. 37 



ill power, as they had changed themselves twice. There they crossed 

 the tracks of the Wolf clan, and they said, ' 'Our friends have gone 

 by." Then they went and sat opposite the Wolf people. The Wolf 

 and Bear clans must bury one another. 



The 10 men left their father and mother across the ocean. 



The Bears should paint their faces with charcoal from burnt bass- 

 wood and red paint. The face should be painted red and black 

 alternately crosswise in stripes, or black on the upper half and red on 

 the mouth and chin. Women are painted with red markings on each 

 cheek and with charcoal markings in the center of the cheek. 



THIRD VERSION 



Informant, member of the Bear clan: It is supposed that Earth- 

 maker ordered a meeting of all the animals to take place at Green 

 Bay, and that the Soldiers (another name for the Bear clan) were 

 also to attend. 



In the beginning Earthmaker created all things in the form of 

 animals, but at this gathering they (the originators of the various 

 clans?) were to become human. When all was in readiness to start, 

 it was decided that the families of those animals who were to become 

 the ancestors of the Winnebago clans were each to send one repre- 

 sentative, and that the one who was thus chosen, accompanied by 

 his wife, was to become transformed on that occasion. Of the sol- 

 diers (i. e., the bears) the youngest was sent. He had three brothers, 

 of whom the eldest had black hair, the second dark red hair, and the 

 third blue or green hair. Thej^ were the chiefs of the villages from 

 which they had started.'" Only the youngest, however, was sent to 

 the earth to attend the meeting. When he emerged at a place to 

 the north of Green Bay he came from out the earth. When they 

 emerged (the bear and lois wife) it was a very fine day. As they were 

 coming they heard voices in the distance saying, "The soldiers are 

 coming." As they started to walk their footprints seemed imprinted 

 with the blue of the sky — i. e., witn daylight. A name has origmated 

 from this fact {ha'^lamanina, "He-who-walks-with-the-day"). As 

 his wife was with him, he immediately started to hunt. (It seems 

 that by this time the bear had some followers, for some would from 

 time to time ask whether they were going to eat, and he would answer 

 yes and tell them to hunt for food.) 



Wlien the youngest of the brothers started, tlie brothers who 

 remained behind told him "to remember them" with regard to tobacco, 

 red feathers, and food, and therefore after he had started he told 

 some of his followers to go ahead and bring food of such and such a 

 kind, so that when he arrived at certain camping places those sent 



« It must be remembered that all this is taking place in the heavens, in the spirit abode of the bears. 

 The color translations are only approxin ate. 



