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kind of clan. And the second ohwachira is made up of the Beaver kind 

 of clan. And the ohwachira that is on this side (of them) are those 

 of the Tm-tle kind of clan. Now you three together and thou, have 

 yoiu- fires next to each other, and this one is of the Small Bear, 

 the Cub Bear kind of clan. And that, moreover, is the number of 

 clans on yom- side of the fii'e, who are Brothers and Sisters in series, 

 and that, then, is the size of yom- Sisterhood. And you who are on 

 this side of the river, and they who are on the other side, will have 

 the Council Fne between you, because you two have had the river 

 between you; moreover, you two will greet one another by the kin- 

 ship term, ' We are Cousins. ' And it matters not from which side 

 of the Council Fire one may speak, one shall verily say, ' Our Cousins. ' 

 Moreover, that custom shall continue to be thus, that you two shall 

 have only an equal right to it, and you shall be equally responsible 

 for its observances, and that verilj' shall be the course of procedure 

 in the future." 



Now at that time he said, "Verily, you Ancient Ones are now 

 charged with this matter. Now cause the entire body of the peoples 

 to assemble. And now that course of procedure will take place, 

 that you two who now have the river between you, you Two Cousins, 

 shall have the Council Fne between you. I still have a matter of a 

 few words to impart to you. And it is needfid that you both who 

 have the Council Fu-e between you should together hear it." 



Now at that time they, the Ancient Ones, selected a place where 

 the entu-e body of the peoples should assemble. Now they who were 

 on the other side of the river started thence, and every one crossed 

 thi river, also all the children. Now all the people assembled them- 

 selves at the chosen place, and at once the Ancient Ones followed the 

 course of procedure of grouping the people in accordance with the 

 relationship of the clans, placmg those of a common Sisterhood on one 

 side of the designated Council Fu-e. ^111 the Ancient Ones and also 

 the children were thus grouped. At that time the Ancient Ones 

 said, "Now we have completed all our preparations. Now, moreover, 

 the matter remains with you in that you have said, 'I have still a 

 matter.' Now, moreover, thou shouldst tell what kind of thing still 

 remains to you." 



At that time the Young Man stood up and said, "Moreover, the 

 fii-st thing for you to do will be for you to consider what shall be done 

 in that there has been named two Bear kinds of clans, one on the 

 other side of the Council Fire and one also on this side of the Council 

 Fire. And, moreover, you shall declare the decision, verily, as to 

 which of the two clans must cross over the Council Fire." 



At that time they considered the matter in coimcil, and finally 

 they said, "Verily, it is in this matter that a Bear ohwachira exists. 

 Customarily the Ancient One (the Mother) continually travels 



