240 THE WINNEBAGO TRIBE [eth. ann. 37 



they sang songs, but I do not know them. I was not taught them. 

 Finally children were born to both of them, and they gave them 

 names. They called one of them Wave on account of the wave 

 coming before them on their starting out. Because the four original 

 wolves in the middle of the ocean had four different colors, therefore 

 they have names White Wolf, Green Hair, Gray Wolf, and Black 

 Wolf. When the clan began to get larger they taught their children 

 these names. 



When a large number of different clansmen are travelmg and they 

 have to cross some large stream and the wind is high, they call upon 

 some Wolf clansman to calm the wmd. This clan holds the water 

 very sacred. They do not even die in the water. 



It was at this first meeting that they made friends with the Bear 

 clan. Therefore these two clans love one another. 



THIRD VERSION — TOLD BY A MEMBER OP THE CLAN (FRAGMENTARY) 



The original wolf brothers appeared from the bottom of the ocean. 

 When they got to the top of the water they started for the shore 

 singing. When they got to the shore they saw footprints of bears 

 who had just gone by. They said, "Our friends have just gone by." 

 That is why they are the friends of the Bear clan. They were going 

 to the meeting place. There a black hawk was gathering together 

 all the different clans. Fmally he finished and he said, "It is done." 

 When he said this a wolf howled. They had forgotten him. They 

 said, "We have forgotten him. Let some one go after him." So 

 some one went after hini . . . 



CLAN SONGS 



First song 



This body of mine that I am walking. 

 This body of mine that I am walking. 

 Tliis body of mine that I am walking. 

 On the earth I am speaking. 



Second song 



This body of mine that I am walking. 

 This body of mine that I am walking. 

 This body of mine that I am walking. 

 In the waters am I speaking. 



CLAN NAMES 



cCijktcuijk' hikik'aradjeba (wolf clan)^° 



Cflqgewaksiga Hunting dog. 



Cui)ktcai)k'a Wolf. 



Regoniwi^ga Wolf (archaic name) . 



*> The following names are from the Dorsey Mss. 



