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in every respect. However, our grandfathers (the spirits) would not 

 take offense at the (inadequacy) of our work, it is said. That we 

 may not be weakened, for that reason it is that we are preparing the 

 moccasins for our grandfathers. Up above we are going to send 

 them." 



Offering to the Thunderbird. — "Grandfather Thimderbird, our clan 

 is sending you moccasins. War powers and life are the requests we 

 make in tirrn." 



Offering to Night Spirits. — "You who live in the east, moccasins do 

 we send you, and the request we make, is war power and life. That 

 we ask for." 



Offering to Disease-giver. — "Disease-giver, grandfather, moccasins 

 we send you. Grandfather, life you possess on one side of your body, 

 and death you are in control of on the other side of your body, so om* 

 grandfather Djoben^giwi'Tjxga told us, it is said. War power and 

 life, that is the request we make." 



Offering to South Wind,. — "To you, grandfather South Wind, here 

 is the tobacco for our grandfathers. You blessed grandfather 

 Djoben^giwi'T^xga with war powers and life and you said yourself 

 that you would bless (his descendants) whenever they offered you a 

 handful of tobacco and you accepted it. Moccasins we are sending 

 you. Food we are about to offer you. Whatever you blessed grand- 

 father with that we ask of you." 



Offering to the Sun. — "Grandfather Light- Wanderer, you said that 

 if at any time we poured a handful of tobacco for you and smoked 

 tobacco as an offering (you would give us) that with which j'ou 

 blessed grandfather Djobemtgiwi'rjxga whenever we ask for it. So 

 it is said. Moccasins we are sending you. Soup, vegetables, and maple 

 sugar also we are about to send you. Tobacco is what we think of 

 in connection with you. If you take cognizance of it, war honors 

 we will assuredly obtain. Life, that is what we would like to obtain." 



Offering to Earthmaker. — "You who are above, our Father, we ask 

 life of you, extending tobacco. You made this for us; you let us 

 have it. Indeed it is you that made it and yet you will take a 

 handful of it that we extend to you and accept it as an offering. 

 That is what you said to us. So grandfather Djoben^igiwi'j^xga said, 

 it is said. You blessed grandfather Djoben^giwi'T^xga with war 

 powers and hfe. Bless us in turn now that we are about to offer you 

 a handful of tobacco. We, as many clansmen as there are here, are 

 about to send to you moccasins so that we may obtain life from you. 

 Tobacco, deerskins as offerings, food of the white-haired animal, of a 

 male animal, we are about to offer you." 



Offering to the Moon. — "Grandmother, the Moon, moccasins, soup 

 and tobacco, these we are about to offer you. Om- request is for the 



