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crowd dispersed and went home. Blue-bear said that he would go 

 home but that the rest were to live on this earth and that they would 

 be the soldiers of this earth. That is the origin of the Bear clan. 



When a bear is killed on earth, the Bear clansmen do not mind it, 

 but they laugh and feci good. When one of the Bear clan dies, 

 they say, "Don't cry, for he has gone home." Then they paint 

 his jaws red to give him the appearance of laughing. 



When a bear is killed on earth the spirit returns to Blue-bear, and 

 so it is with the Bear clansmen. This is the story of the Bear clan. 



All the birds, trees, snakes, and everything of its kind have soldiers. 

 The sharp-clawed birds are soldiers of the birds and all the snakes that 

 have fangs and all the trees that have prickers are soldiers of their 

 kind. All the animals and living things of the earth have soldiers 

 among them. The ugliest tempered ones of their kind are soldiers of 

 whatever class they belong to. Oftentimes when a person gets angry 

 on earth they would say, "The soldier; it is because he has a soldier 

 nature." (Whoever has the power of hurting one of his fellow- 

 beings and does it has a soldier nature.) This is the story of the 

 Soldier clan. 



If they had said in the beginning, "This or that clan will never do 

 anything wrong," then the rest of the clans would never have done so. 

 The Soldier clan opens the way for anyone, of any clan, at any 

 time, to take up his soldier nature. 



CLAN SONGS 

 Song 1 



Winnebagoes, on the road they are coming. 

 Winnebagoes, on the road they are coming. 

 Winnebagoes, on the road they are coming. 

 Winnebagoes, on the road thej' are coming. 



Song i 



Speaking Winnebago, they are coming. 

 Speaking Winnebago, they are coming. 

 Speaking Winnebago, they are coming. 

 Speaking Winnebago, they are coming. 



Song S 



Who can be behind? 

 Who can be behind? 

 WTio can be behind? 

 Who can be behind? 



Who can be above? 

 Who can be above? 

 Wlio can be above? 

 Who can be above? 



Song 4 



