﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  75 
  

  

  So 
  now 
  you 
  get 
  tobacco, 
  you, 
  the 
  pygmies. 
  (Sprinkles 
  tobacco 
  

   on 
  the 
  fire.) 
  

  

  Now 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  you 
  have 
  come, 
  

  

  You 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  have 
  assembled 
  here 
  tonight. 
  

  

  Xow 
  again 
  you 
  receive 
  tobacco, 
  you, 
  the 
  pygmies. 
  (Throws 
  

   tobacco.) 
  

  

  You 
  are 
  the 
  wanderers 
  of 
  the 
  mountain, 
  

  

  You 
  have 
  promised 
  to 
  hear 
  us 
  whenever 
  the 
  drum 
  sounds. 
  

  

  Even 
  as 
  far 
  away 
  as 
  a 
  seven 
  days' 
  journey. 
  

  

  Now 
  all 
  of 
  you 
  receive 
  tobacco. 
  (Throws 
  tobacco.) 
  

  

  You 
  well 
  know 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  society, 
  

  

  So 
  let 
  this 
  cease. 
  (The 
  maliferous 
  influence 
  causing 
  sickness). 
  

  

  You 
  are 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  a 
  person, 
  a 
  member, 
  becoming 
  ill. 
  

  

  Henceforth 
  give 
  good 
  fortune 
  for 
  she 
  (or 
  he) 
  has 
  fulfilled 
  her 
  

   duty 
  and 
  given 
  you 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  You 
  love 
  tobacco 
  and 
  we 
  remember 
  it, 
  

  

  So 
  also 
  you 
  should 
  remember 
  us. 
  

  

  Now 
  the 
  drum 
  receives 
  tobacco, 
  

  

  And 
  the 
  rattle 
  also. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  our 
  belief 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  said 
  all 
  

  

  So 
  now 
  we 
  hope 
  that 
  you 
  will 
  help 
  us. 
  

  

  Now 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  words 
  spoken 
  before 
  you 
  all, 
  

  

  You 
  who 
  are 
  gathered 
  here 
  tonight. 
  

  

  So 
  now 
  it 
  is 
  done. 
  

  

  Dd-zcdn'-do", 
  or 
  Otter 
  Society 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  Society 
  of 
  Otters, 
  Ddzcdudo'\, 
  is 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  people 
  organ- 
  

   ized 
  to 
  propitiate 
  the 
  otters 
  and 
  other 
  water 
  animals 
  who 
  are 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  exercise 
  an 
  influence 
  over 
  the 
  health, 
  fortunes 
  and 
  

   destinies 
  of 
  miCn. 
  The 
  otter, 
  who 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  water 
  

   animals, 
  including 
  the 
  fish, 
  is 
  a 
  powerful 
  medicine 
  animal 
  and 
  

   besides 
  having 
  his 
  own 
  special 
  society 
  is 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  le'-dos 
  

   and 
  the 
  Hono'tcino''gd. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  Otters 
  may 
  appear 
  at 
  any 
  public 
  thanksgiving, 
  as 
  the 
  

   Green 
  Corn 
  dance 
  and 
  the 
  ^Midwinter 
  thanksgiving. 
  After 
  a 
  

   tobacco 
  throwing 
  ceremony, 
  hayd)it'z^'utgus. 
  the 
  three 
  women 
  offt- 
  

   cers 
  of 
  the 
  Ddu'dndon 
  each 
  dip 
  a 
  bucket 
  of 
  the 
  medicine 
  water 
  

   from 
  the 
  spring 
  or 
  stream, 
  dipping 
  down 
  with 
  the 
  current, 
  and 
  

   carry 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  council 
  house 
  where 
  they 
  sprinkle 
  every 
  one 
  whom 
  

   they 
  meet 
  by 
  dipping 
  long 
  wisps 
  of 
  corn 
  husk 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  

   shaking 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  people. 
  If 
  the 
  women 
  succeed 
  in 
  entering 
  

   the 
  council 
  house 
  and 
  sprinkling 
  every 
  one 
  without 
  hindrance 
  they 
  

   will 
  go 
  for 
  more 
  water 
  and 
  continue 
  until 
  stopped. 
  The 
  only 
  way 
  

   in 
  which 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  forced 
  to 
  discontinue 
  their 
  sprinkling 
  is 
  

   for 
  some 
  one, 
  just 
  before 
  she 
  sprinkles 
  him, 
  to 
  snatch 
  the 
  pail 
  and 
  

   throw 
  the 
  entire 
  contents 
  over 
  her 
  head. 
  The 
  Otter 
  woman 
  will 
  

   then 
  say, 
  " 
  Hdt'c-gdii, 
  nid-ivch!" 
  meaning, 
  '' 
  Enough, 
  I 
  thank 
  you." 
  

   She 
  will 
  then 
  retire. 
  

  

  