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have predestined for us (we make).^^ Pitiable we are making our- 

 selves in life, that we may live a good life (by obtaining blessings 

 from you). That we ask of you." 



Host's tffering to Disease-giver. — "For you who live in the south, 

 Disease-giver, my grandfather DjobenaT^giwi'xga thirsted himself to 

 death ^^ and put himself in a pitiable condition. Then you who are 

 in charge of great war powers blessed him. For you control a 

 greater amount of war powers than any other spirit. A great 

 amoimt of life you also control, for you are said (to possess two 

 sides), one side of your body containing life and the other death. 

 You told grandfather Djobenajjgiwi'Tjxga that you would bless him 

 at noon, in broad daylight,^'' and thus indeed you met him. There 

 you blessed him with war powers; and with whatever you blessed 

 him, that we ask of you now. Whosoever of my clan are present 

 they all poiir an offering of tobacco for you and also (give you) 

 soup.'° The Creator made animals for us, white-haired animals for 

 food, and these we send to you; together with buckskins, that you 

 may have moccasins. We also send toward you a head ornament 

 (of eagle feathers), that also. We offer you tobacco and we ask of 

 you to bestow upon us that with which you blessed our grandfather 

 Djobenajjgiwi'jjxga. Grandfather Djobena7jgiwi'r;xga had had war 

 powers and life, it is said; and those we ask of you. And it is said 

 that you told grandfather that whenever you go on your warpath 

 you will not walk upon the descendants of Djobenajjgiwi'Tjxga 

 wherever they breathe.^' 



Host's offering to the Sun. — "You, grandfather Who-b ring-day, 

 who come every day, you blessed grandfather DjSbenaTjgiwi'i^xga 

 with war power and life and I am therefore offering j-ou a handful 

 of tobacco. All the (war power) the Creator controls he delegated 

 to jou and for all of that which you blessed our grandfather, as many 

 of my clansmen as are present, we are about to pour tobacco to 

 obtain. Tobacco, here it is." 



Host then pours tobacco into the fire. 



"It is said that you will do what we ask of you. You yourself 

 told that to grandfather, it is said. War powers and life, that we 

 ask of you. Tobacco, food, and feathers, we sacrifice to you and 



M A person may be blessed with victory on the warpath directly or he may be entitled to war blessings 

 to which near relatives were destined but which they were deprived of by an early death. The present 

 prayer is directed toward both things, that he may enjoy the "unused"' blessings of his relative and that 

 he may not be cut oil by an untimely death from the fulfillment of his ovm. 



33 Ritualistic expression for fasting. 



3* To be blessed in the daytime, especially at noon, was considered as particularly holy. Generally a 

 person was blessed at night. 



*» Literally, "hot water." 



3« I.e., when Disease-giver deals out death he will avoid all the descendants of Djobena»;giwi'rjxga. 

 "Mani'na" is the technical word for warpath. The word for descendants really means "roots." 



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