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7. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



8. They spake to one another, saying: What shall they use as a 



plume? 



9. There is a god who never fails to appear at the beginning of day 



(the sun), 



10. At whose right side 



11. There stands a plume-like shaft, 



12. Which the little ones shall use as a plume, 



13. And they shall become difficult to overcome by death. 



14. When the little ones use this plume, 



15. They shall have a plume that will forever stand, as they travel 



the path of life. 



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16. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



17. They spake to one another, saying: With what shall the little 



ones anoint their hair? 



18. The young male buffalo 



19. Has fat adhering to the muscle on the right side of his spine. 



20. The little ones shall use the oil of this fat to anoint their hair. 



21. 'Wlien they use this fat 



22. They shall alw^ays live to see old age, as they travel the path of 



life, O, younger brothers. 



23. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



24. They spake to one another, saying: What neck ornament shall 



they put upon him? (the Xo'-ka). 



25. The mussel who sitteth upon the earth 



26. They shall always put upon him, O, younger brothers. 



27. The God of Day who sitteth in the heavens, 



28. He shall bring to us, 



29. They shall put upon him the sun as a neck ornament, O, younger 



brothers. 



30. 'When they make of him (the sun) the means by which to reach 



old age, 



31. They shall always live to see old age, as they travel the path of 



Ufe. 



Wa'-tse-tsi and the Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge Gentes 



As the ceremony of decorating the Xo'-ka goes on, the No°'-ho°- 

 zhi''-ga members of the Wa'-tse-tsi Wa-shta-ge gens, followed by 

 those of the Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens, go to the house of the father 

 of the child to be named, and enter to take their places, those of 



