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tobacco I am about to offer you. My grandfather Dj6neni|giwi'r;xga 

 you strengthened. The food, the deer-couple you gave him for his 

 fireplaces, that I ask of you directly. May it be a fact that you 

 accept this tobacco from me and may I not meet with troubles (in 

 life)." 



Host's offermg to the Great Blacl- Hau^. — "You also blessed my 

 grandfather, Great Black Hawk. Whatever food you blessed him 

 with that I ask of you directly. Tobacco I am about to pour for you 

 that you mav smoke it. Mav troubles not come upon me; that I 

 ask."" 



Host's offering to the Aight Spirits. — "You on the other side, who 

 live in the east, who walk in darkness, ^° tobacco I am about to offer 

 you to smoke. Whatever you blessed my ancestor with, whatever 

 fireplaces you blessed him with, those I ask of you. If you smoke this 

 tobacco never will I be a weakling." 



Hosfs offering to Diseme-giver. — "You who live in the south; you 

 who look like a man ; who art invulnerable ; who on one side of your 

 bod^' present death and on the other life, Disease-giver, as they call 

 you. My ancestor in the daytime, in broad daylight, did 3'ou bless. 

 With food 3'ou blessed him. You told him that he would never fail 

 in anytliing. You told him that you would avoid his home.^' You 

 placed animals (i. e., food) in front of him that he should not be 

 troubled about obtaining them. An offering of tobacco I make to 

 you that }*ou may smoke it and that I maj' not be troubled by &n\- 

 thing (iniife)." 



Host's offering to the Sun. — "To you, Light- Wanderer, an offering 

 of tobacco I make. May it be my good fortune that you accept it. 

 Whatever fu-eplaces you blessed him (i. e., my ancestor) with, those I 

 ask of you directly. May I not be troubled by an_y thing in life." 



Hcsfs offering to the Moon. — ' ' You also. Grandmother Moon, blessed 

 my ancestor with food. With whatever you blessed him, that I ask 

 of you now directly. An offering of tobacco I am about to make for 

 you now, so that you may smoke. WTiatever blessings you bestowed 

 upon my grandfather, I pray you to give me now, so that by reason of 

 it I may never become a weakling." 



Host's offering to the South WiTul. — "To you, too. South Wind, I 

 offer a handful of tobacco, that you may smoke it. May it so happen 

 that you accept it and that I am spared troubles (in life). With 

 whatsoever you blessed my ancestor, that I ask of you." 



Host's offering to Earth. — "For you likewise. Grandmother Earth, 

 will I pour tobacco. With whatever blessings you blessed my grand- 

 father, those I ask of you. May I in that way never become a 

 weakling." 



^ Hok'awas Manina, "those who walk in darkness," is the ritualistic name of the Night Spirits. 

 -' I. 6., that you would not permit disease and death to enter it. 



