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nity, may we obtain from j'ou. If you accept the tobacco may I 

 and my relatives live well by reason thereof; that we ask of you. 

 That is all." 



Host's offering to Big Black Hawlc.^ — "You, Big Black Hawk, who 

 are in charge of war powers," blessed grandfather Djoben^giwi'Tjxga 

 with war powers and life, and these we are to ask of you, you told 

 grandfather, and pour tobacco at the same time. As many tobacco 

 offerings as he (grandfather) would have liked to have had and as 

 many (buckskin) offerings as he would have desired, that many there 

 will be for you. If you accept the tobacco and feast and all the 

 offerings, you will assiiredly give (us blessings). Thus you told grand- 

 father Djobenagiwi'jjxga. Tobacco, here it is." 



He pours tobacco into the fire. 



"If we extend toward you a handful of tobacco, you said you would 

 always smoke it. If, at a tobacco offering, you smoked the tobacco, 

 the requests we might make are these — war powers and life. A feast 

 of one whom you look upon in the same way as oiu"selves (i. e., a dog), 

 one whom I have been treating like a brother, with whom the chil- 

 dren have eaten the soup of such a one, we are giving you. An 

 offering of buckskin for moccasins and of one like ourselves (a dog), 

 whose body is well prepared, do they offer you. Food they are 

 offering you, asking in return for life.'^ You are the only one in 

 control of great war powers. The Creator placed you in charge of 

 life; above the Creator created you. With that you blessed grand- 

 father Dj6benq;giwi'jjxga for all eternity. We will have a tobacco 

 pouring, that you may give us (these things). If you take cognizance 

 of the feast offerings, the buckskin offerings; if you will take them, 

 then we will obtain the war honors and then we will obtain life. We, 

 as many older people as we are here, beseech you for those powers 

 you added to the spirit bundle of our grandfather Djobentigiwi'rjxga. 

 We will not have enough food to go around,^" but if we offer you 

 tobacco, it will not be an offense (thus to act to you) (we have been 

 told)." 



This is what they used to say at the tobacco pouring. This it is. 

 (Song.) 



The Buckskin Offerings to the Spirits 



(Host speaks again.) "War-bundle owners who are seated here, 

 I greet yon. We are endeavoring to prepare footwear for our grand- 

 fathers," but we did not really accomplish it. Spirit footwear we 

 tried to make, that is what we were doing, but our work was lacking 



" A deity apparently distinct from Black Hawk. He is the one to whom offerings are always made. 



>* Literally "in control of grass bundles." 



""H%p" is the ritualistic name for life. Literally it means "light." 



** A ritualistic expression of modesty. 



" I. e., offer buckskins for moccasins to the spirits. 



