BEwiTTl MYTH OF THE EARTH-GRASPER 605 



"Now you of the Sandpiper kind of clan. Thus, too, shall you 

 do everything therein; the women, through their persons, shall 

 control, shall he the chief rulers therein; and in the next place all 

 must have names. 



"Now you who are of the Eel kind of clan. Thus, too, you shall 

 do; make the women in their persons to he the chief persons in your 

 clan. And in the ne.xt place j^ou must give all persons names, so 

 that all may continue to acquire names. 



" Now you who are of the Sharp-shinned Hawk Idnd of clan. Thus, 

 too, shall you do, making the women through their persons the 

 ruling persons (in the clan). In the next place j^ou shall give names 

 to all, so that all may continue to have names. 



"And then, moreover, you four clans shall be Sisters one to another; 

 that, moreover, is the size of your Sisterhood on j^our side of the 

 Council Fire. 



"So now you who passed on this side of the river. You, more- 

 over, in the first place who are of the Wolf kind of clan. You, too, 

 moreover, shall make thus the women in their persons to be the 

 rulers (in your ohwachira) ; and, moreover, you shall give names to 

 all, so that all may continue to acquire names. 



"Now you who are of the Beaver kind of clan. Thus, too, you 

 shall do; you shall make the women in their persons the chief persons 

 in your clan. In the next place you must give names to all, so tliat 

 all may continue to acquire names. 



"Now you who are of the Great Turtle kind of clan. Thus, too, 

 you must do; you must make the women in their persons to be the 

 chief persons in your clan; also you shall give names to all, so that 

 aO may continue to acquire names. 



"Now you who are of the Bear kind of clan; thus, too, you shall 

 do; you must make the women in their persons to be the chief per- 

 sons in your clan; and you shall give names to all, so that all may 

 continue to acquire names. 



' "Moreover, you j'ourselves, five clans in number, are a Sister- 

 hood on your side of the Council Fire. And, moreover, now you will 

 know how many clans there are on each side of the Council Fire. 

 Moreover, you shall greet one another by the kinship term. Our 

 Cousins. Moreover, you shall continue to say, 'Our Cousins.' 

 Moreover, this custom shall begin here and will go forward in the 

 direction in which your ohwachira continue to exist. And all the 

 matters with which you are charged shall follow the course in accord- 

 ance with your having the Coimcil Fire between you two. 



"In the first place is what De'hae'"hyawa."kho°' has done in 

 establishing the Foiu- Ceremonies; and next to this the interpolated 

 ceremonies; the next pertain to the ending of our days hereon this 

 earth. Moreover, now this is all that 1 am able to do. Moreover, the 



