BiDiN] SOCIAL ORGANIZATION SPECIFIC CLANS 239 



their clan names is Ware. They first appeared as wolves and later 

 on they became humans. After swimming to the shore they lay on 

 their backs to dry themselves; and that also is a name, a female 

 name, She-who-spreads-herself-out-to-dry, and another name is He- 

 who-comes-up-first. When they became himaan they built them- 

 selves a lodge and lived in it, but they had no fire. Then the Thunders 

 came down and aht on a big oak tree that stood near their lodge. 

 At first the Thunders were afraid of the Wolf people and they would 

 not enter their lodge. That is why we have a name Ile^who-is-afraid. 

 They asked the Thunders to come into their lodge and they had 

 great difficulty in persuading them. After they entered the Wolf 

 lodge they wanted to go home again immediately, but the Wolf clan 

 people asked them to stay over for four days. From that fact a 

 name has originated, One-wTio-is-waited-for-hy-the-Thunders. The 

 Thunders stayed, but not in the lodge of the Wolf people. They 

 built themselves one just outside their door. Then they built a fire 

 in it. After the four days were over the Thunders went home. 



When a Wolf clansman dies the relatives paint his forehead blue 

 (pi. 46) and the soul of the deceased is supposed to go west, and it 

 never looks back as it goes on its journey, as this would be an indi- 

 cation of its longing for sometliing in this world, and it should not 

 do that. When the soul gets to the spirit home the relatives already 

 there would ask the newcomer, "What did our relatives say when you 

 were about to come ?" And the deceased would answer, "They said 

 that they would not come for some time." 



The food that is prepared at the four nights' wake is supposed to 

 last them forever. 



This is the end of the story of the creation. 



SECOND VERSION (TOLD BY A MEMBER OF THE CLAN) 



All people claim to have come from some animal, and all are 

 supposed to come from Earthmaker. 



Four married wolves had a lodge in the middle of the ocean. They 

 had four colors. The wolves all had children. One of them had 10, 

 and the youngest one of these 10 is the one that came to this earth. 

 Wlien they came to this island, the first thing they saw was the foot- 

 print of the bear, and they said, "Our friend has gone by." There 

 (at the place of gathering) they saw human beings and they liked 

 their ways. Therefore they went home again and asked to come to 

 earth and live with the human beings, and they were given permission 

 to do so. Wherefore the two (man and wife) came here again the 

 second time. When they were about to come everything was cahn, 

 and there were no waves on the ocean. They started out s-n-imming 

 and they caused two waves to go before them. When they came to 

 the humans they both got married. When they came to this land 



