THE ORIGIN AND USE OF WAMPUM 



Tanlawe'i" aida' dane'dudji' bodawa'zima'k" iiinawa' 



Accordingly well llien whenever they held a council then there 



utainc<' iiiade'olinowa'k nidani' ekwainpsa'nahidit yu'gik 



there were shamans and how according as they. were strong these 



modc'olinowa'"k niuda'li wewela'n aweni'' mliksani'da' 



shamans there they were known who is powerful. 



nigizi'' bodawazinia'k' niube'skweletaiiiaiia" niudam'hadi'a 



-And after they councilled then they lighted up their pipes and all smoked. 



ni'wa' ktci' mode'olinu' gesta' p'kwudetama'nt niwo'ba'bi" 



And this great shaman eaci time he drew upon his pipe 



so'gahazo" wudji"' wudona'k ' wobi'ga'k ni'wa' 



fell out from his mouth (if) they are white then that 



edutsani't iiiwrrbKbi'm ebasiwi 



this his wampum 



elwe'mkwi'go'n 



reddish 



nikazewiga'n 



blackish 



tanvu'gadji' 



how this one 



tebcx'bwi'wi' 



medium 



si'bi'wi' 



and 



mede'olinu' 



sh;uuan 



yugi-'k 



of these 



so powerful 



ebasiwi' 



half 



nelows'' 



almost 



made'olinowa'k 



shamans 



this wampum 



inode'olinu" 



shanian 



wobi'gon 



white 



nodas'ani't 



le;ist powerful 



ninawa' 



And then 



nigi-gedji' 



the other ones 



peme'ltodetci"' 



having the most 



niode'olinuwa'k 



shamans. 



w^babi' 



wanipuni 



iiitK'fawe'i' 



Then whenever 



yugi"'k ni'zo'k'ami'gasowa'k 



these two nations 



ni'l'a'nipskalirau 



beads worked into a belt 



kadagwiibizu'u 



half 



ni'wa' 



then this 



wo'bqbi'n 



the wampum. 



seko''sidji''k 



will win 



ki'zi'wadtv'nihadi'hi'di'da" 



after they have all smoked 



kadawi' ' wolas' t«vvcj'di'hi'di'de' 



they want to make a treaty 



ni'watambe'nkek'tona" wo'babi'' 



then they e.\change in payment 



ni'dala'inpskohazu 



designed into 



■woldji'a'l' 



hands 



madccbe'k' 



fighting 



nimsi'wi''. 



is all. 



eli'danhxwei' gi'zi' 'wale's' tawqc'dahi'di't 



meaning as they have agreed to the treaty 



nda'tci' gadona'ldi'wi'a'k niaskaniiwi' 



and not hunting one another forever 



wampum 



ni'zno'I 



two 



nda'tama 



no (more) 



nia'tci' 



And that 



■ The narrator added that some old woman would catch the beads in a receptacle as they fell from the 

 magician's mouth. 



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