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\()"'lu)"/.hi"i;a arc olilij^cd to use this \\i',L;ic, tlicy i-hanucd tlic words 

 of the refrain to a hi a, ("they said,"" that is, they <it the I louse of 

 the ll{)"'j4a). I'urtheruiore, tlie entire \vi',L;ie is recited in a very 

 low tone so that only tlie X(')ka and the canchdate can hear tlie words. 



riic task of transcrihiui^ the text of the ritual as rt'cordi-il h\' tlie 

 !L4ra])ho])hone, and the translating' of the wi'j^ie and the son^s is 

 still in progress. At the present time 30 typewritten pai;es have 

 been completed. 



The rii^idity with which the Tsi'/hu W'ashta.^e j^ens in its rituals 

 adheres to the peace principle it rejiresents may he re.^'arded as heinj^ 

 theoretical rather than an actual restriction ol warfare, for tin- 

 reason that anionj;' its nienihers there ha\-e \k'vu www who have won 

 war-honors and who have even heen leaders of war-parties. 

 Sho"'menio"i" himself is an e.\am])le of this, for he has won more 

 than the number of war-honors re(|uired for the ceremonial count- 

 int^' of odo"' ; he has often heen chosen to act as Wa(lo"l)e, the 

 counter of war-honoi-s, at the war ceremonies. 



.Sh()"'<4enio"i" recounted in tlu- pht)no^raph for l\lr. La Mesche 

 his thirteen war-honors, i^iviuL; them exactly as he counts them 

 at the war ceremonies. I'Or this service he is usually ])aid from 

 one hundred to one hundred and twenty-five dollars when he fills 

 the office of \Va(lo"l)e. It was as an act of friendship to Mr. La 

 Flesche that he made, for a small smn, the record of his countin,^' 

 of odo"'. 



This record hy .Sho"'i;emo"i" has heen included in the already 

 completed No"'zhi"zho" ceremony as described by Waxthi'zhi of 

 the I"j4th(j"j4a i^ens. The reason for placin<4" it there is that, according 

 to tribal rei^ulations, Sho"'j4emo"i" cannot be chf)sen to act as 

 Wa(lo"be on his side of the tribal division, but must be called u])on 

 from the opposite side to perform this ceremonial act. 



In iSd^ Sho"'i;"em()"i" took ])art in a li.nht in which the ( )sa,!4"e 

 warriors destroyed a parly of ( on leik'rate oflicers who were on 

 their way to Mexico. In the stru.^i^le he struck some of the men, 

 'M)Ut,'" he added, " 1 do not recoimt these strokes at the war cere- 

 monies because I am a friend of the while people."' 



Sho"'i.ienio"i" is one of three surviving' old men of the tribe who 

 can count the full thirteen odo"', or war-honors, at the war 

 ceremonies. 



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On April 19, 1916, Mr. j. .\. 11. Hewitt resumed his field studies 

 of the Lea.que of the lro(|Uois, near I'.rantford, ( )ntario. His time 

 was devoted chit'il}' to the colK'ction of native texts, larj^ely in 



