RADIN] THE CLAN WAR-BUNDLE FEASTS 529 



ADDENDA 



After they have finished the fast-eating contest and eaten the 

 heads and before the men are picked out '^^ then the host greets all. 



Speech of host. — "War-bundle owners who are seated here, I send 

 forth my greetings to you. Our grandfathers used to say that if 

 one would take a chance at becoming a ghost '" then the spirits 

 would consider it especially good. There was one man among our 

 grandfathers who was called He-who-shouts-in-the-distance and he 

 put himself in the position of one who desires death. This warrior, 

 He-who-sliouts-in-the-distance, was a great man, an unequaled 

 person. Now in summer it is forbidden to go on a warpath, for no 

 good could come of it. That is why they forbade it. Yet He-who- 

 shouts-in-the-distance went on the warpath four times during the 

 summer, they said. Tlius he became one who risked his life. In 

 this way he proved that he was a great man. Finally he became 

 holy and was permitted to carry the war bundle.""" Thus does one 

 do to be a person who takes risks with his soul.'^' Thus we will do 

 at the very first feast we give. May (the spirits) also have pity 

 upon us [as recompense for] the kettle of which they will partake. 

 That is what we ask. War-bundle owners who are seated here, I 

 greet you." 



l5^ I. e., before the men to whom kettles had been assigned were called upon to speak. 

 "'S I. e., risk one's life in a brave way. 



iM It is one of the greatest privileges a warrior can obtain to carry the war bundle when on the warpath. 

 i^^ I have purposely translated this phrase, "wanari'rak horatcga' dj^'' in three different ways to give 

 all the different shades of meaning it possesses. 



