BADIN-] • THE CLAN WAK-BUNDLE FEASTS 535 



"And thou, grandfather, Eartlimaker, I offer tobacco to you. 

 I offer tobacco to you. It was you who made the tobacco, yet we 

 were told that even you cannot take it from us unless we offer it 

 to you willmgly, because you ordamed it thus. I offer tobacco to 

 you, that I may become a warrior and have long life. This I ask 

 of you. A white-furred animal, a deer, with' its hide, the buckskin, 

 and its meat as food, do I offer to you together with tobacco. The 

 hide you may use for moccasins. Here it is. 



"And you. Big Black Hawk, you who are in charge of war weapons, 

 I offer tobacco to a^ou, that my prowess as a warrior, if I be blessed 

 with any, may be great and audacious. Even if it is only a single 

 enemy (that I encoimter), may I be the victor. May we go through 

 battle without mjm-y. A kettle containmg half of a deer, with its 

 hide for moccasins, we offer to you. Here it is. Tobacco we offer 

 to you. Here it is. 



"You who live in the place of the setting of the sim, Thunder-chief, 

 tobacco I offer to you. When my grandfather made his war bmidle 

 you added your power; and whatever knowledge of warcraft you 

 possessed you taught him. For that we now ask you. One of oiir 

 members ^ whom we feed like a baby, we offer to you together with 

 tobacco. Here it is. 



"You who live in the east, who walk m darkness, tobacco we 

 offer to you. When our grandfather, Kills-Within-Lodge, made 

 the spirit bundle you added your war power. We ask that when 

 we take this bundle up we may be able to gain victory without any 

 effort on our part. This we ask of you. As our children become 

 big enough to go on the warpath may you see to it, in your myste- 

 rious manner, that we have war. We offer you tobacco and also a 

 kettle containing a female deer with hide for moccasins. These we 

 offer you. Here it is. 



"You who live m the south, you who give us sickness, to that part 

 of your body which contams life, we offer tobacco. In the bundle 

 that our grandfather made you added your war power. That power 

 we now ask of you. In the middle of the day you blessed our grand- 

 father. That blessing we ask of you again. One of our members who 

 wears a headdress,^ do we offer to you, and likewise a deerskin for 

 moccasins. All these together with tobacco we offer you. Here it is. 



"To you, grandfather, the Smi, I offer tobacco. You blessed my 

 grandfather, Kills-Within-Lodge, with your power when he made his 

 war bimdle. The blessing that you gave him, that do I ask of you. 

 Let that be your first gift. May we have victory in war: and m 

 the presence of the weapons of our enemies, make us safe. If there 

 be any men (enemies) to whom death has been ordained, may we be 



• He is referring to the dogs eaten at this feast. 

 3 1, e., a deer. 



