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kwe). lu this wise it came to pass that tlie Ashiwe were divided of 

 old lu such wise as are their children today, into dnotiice (clans or 

 kiuties) of brothers and sisters who may not marry one another, but 

 from one to another of kin. Yea, and as the Earth-mother had increased 

 and kept within herself all beings, cherishing them apart fi-om their 

 father even after they came forth, so were these our mothers and sis- 

 ters made the keepers of the kin-names and of the seed thereof, nor 

 may the children of each be cherished by any others of kin. 



Now the Beloved Foremost Ones (tJan l5hkon Ateona) of these clans 

 were prepared by instruction of the gods and the fathers of the house 

 of houses and by being breathed of them {piialc^i/anaplc'ya), whereby 

 they became dshucani or priests also, but only the priests of pos- 

 session, master keepers of sacred things and mysteries [tikitlapon 

 dmosi), each according to his nature of kinship. It was thus that 

 the warmth-Wanting {t('k'-y(i>hlna shema) Badger-people were given 

 the great shell {tsi'dUa'inan ^hlana), the heart or navel of which is 

 potent or sensitive of fire, as of the earthquake and the inner fire is 

 the coiled navel of the Earth-mother. Ou the sunny sides of hills bur- 

 row the badgers, finding and dwelling amongst the dry roots whence 

 is tire. Thus the "Two Badgers'' were made keepers of the sacred 

 heart-shell (suti k'Ui achi), makers and wardens of fire. So, too, 

 were the Bear, Crane, and Grouse people given the muetone, or 

 the contained seed substance of hail, snow and new soil (for the bear 

 sleeps, no longer guarding when winter comes, and with the returning 

 crane, in the wake of the duck, comes winter in the trail of the 

 white growing grouse). So, to the Toad and other water people, 

 descended to them from Yaniinluha the l-^ydetoiw, or the contained 

 seed-substance of water; and to the Ataa-kwe, or All-seed-people, 

 especially to the First-growiug-grass people and the Tobacco people, 

 was given of him also, the chuetonc, or the contained seed-substance 

 of corn grains. 



THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNCILS OF SECRECY OR SACRED 



BROTHERHOODS. 



jS^ow when the foremost ones of more than one of these kin clans pos- 

 sessed a contained or sacred seed-su!)stance, they banded together, 

 forming a society for the better use and keeping of its medicine and its 

 secret (forbidden) mysteries, and for the guidance and care thereby 

 of their especial children. Thus, leading ones of the Bear people, Orane 

 people, and Grouse people became the ' Hleeta-kwe, or Bearers of the 

 Ice-wands as they are sometimes called, whose prayers and powers 

 bring winter, yet ward off its evils to the flesh and fearsomeness to the 

 soul. But at first, only four were the bands of priest-keepers of the 

 mysteries: Shiwaua kwe, or the Priesthood of Priest people; S4nia- 

 k'ya-kwe, or the Priesthood of the Hunt, who were of the Coyote, Eagle, 

 and Deer kin. Keepers of the Seed-substance of Game; Achiak'ya- 



