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Host's offering to the South, Wind. — "South Wind, to the bundle 

 grandfather Djobenqgiwi'Tjxga made you added your power, so 

 grandfather Djobeniigiwi'jjxga said, it is said. That whifh the 

 Creator put in charge of you, and with which you blessed grandfather 

 Djoben^giwi'Tjxga, as long as the earth lasts, we are about to pom- 

 tobacco for, as you yourself told us. The tobacco, here it is." 



He pours tobacco into the fire. 



"A four-legged animal,'" a coon, that the Creator made for us, we 

 are going to give you in the form of a soup. If 3-ou accept the soup 

 and likewise smoke the tobacco, then the first request (we wish to 

 make) is that it might be our fortune to obtain war powers and 

 travel safely (on the path) of life. This is what we ask." 



Host's offering to the North Wind. — "Wind who lives in the north, 

 you said 'I am the equal of (the spirit of the north) ' : ^^ so grandfather 

 Djobenqgiwi'jjxga said, it is said. Tobacco, soup, vegetables, what 

 a tree bears, fruit, as we call it, and maple sugar, that also we send 

 toward you. If you accept them, the request (we make) is for war 

 power and life; that we ask of you. To kill a person outright is an 

 excellent power to have, grandfather Porcupine,*' you said of your- 

 self. So grandfather DjSben^giwi'Tjxga said, it is said." 



Host's offering to the Black Haiok. — "Black Hawk, you also added 

 your powers for grandfather, it is said; and a handful of tobacco I am 

 poming for you for that reason. Whatever war powers and life the 

 Creator put in your control, that I ask of 3'ou. You blessed grand- 

 father Djoben^giwi'T^xga for as long a period as the world would last, 

 and you said that you would always smoke tobacco, it is said. If you 

 are cognizant of this tobacco, let us obtain life and war power. For 

 these we ask." 



Host's offering to the Wdna'yire t'a'-qkcik.^^ — '" Grandfather Thimder- 

 bird, W5na'7-ire tJa'Tjkcik, as they call you, you added your power 

 also, it is said. Tobacco we are about to pom* for you. Tobacco only 

 (we are giving you), so that we may obtain war powers and life; that 

 with which you blessed grandfather Djoben^giwi'T^xga for all eter- 



*9 A ritualistic manner of speaking of a quadruped, just as it is common in rituals to speak of human 

 beings as "the two-legged-walkers." 



6c I, e., cold does not affect me. The North Wind and the spirit of cardinal point north are of course 

 entirely distinct. 



61 No reason is known why the spirit is here addressed as porcupine. 



6* The "Wona'rire t)a'T,kcik" are birds living in the empyrean generally identified with the hawk. 

 Here they seem to be identified with a kind of Thunderbird. WTioever is blessed by them becomes a great 

 warrior. The term really means "a terror-inspiring man," by reason of his great war powers. One of 

 the Winnebago clans has this name. The explanation for the identification of the Wona'rire tia'jjkcik with 

 the Thunderbirds is probably the following: The Thunderbird is not regarded as belonging to any particular 

 bird species, but any bird can be either a normal bird or a Thimderbird. 'OTien used in this sense, the 

 appellation Thunderbird is generic, and the term used in the text, " Wak'a'ndja Wona'rire traijkcik," is 

 then best translated by "Thunderbird — Wona'/ire t^ar^kcik." Thimderbird specifically is understood 

 to be in reality not a bird but a being in human shape. Of. Introduction. The general conception of 

 Thunderbird given here is touched upon also by J. O. Dorsey in his "Siouan Cults." 



