﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  'JJ 
  

  

  who 
  regard 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  manifestation 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  *' 
  great 
  

   medicine 
  otter." 
  The 
  women 
  afterward 
  deny 
  having 
  imitated 
  the 
  

   otter's 
  call 
  saying 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  possessed 
  with 
  the 
  otter 
  and 
  have 
  

   no 
  knowledge 
  of 
  what 
  they 
  did, 
  

  

  4 
  The 
  Otter 
  Society 
  has 
  no 
  songs 
  and 
  no 
  dances. 
  They 
  are 
  

   simply 
  organized 
  to 
  give 
  thanks 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  animals 
  and 
  retain 
  

   their 
  favor. 
  When 
  some 
  one 
  is 
  ungrateful 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  animals, 
  

   as 
  a 
  wasteful 
  fisherman 
  or 
  a 
  hunter 
  who 
  kills 
  muskrats 
  or 
  beaver 
  

   without 
  asking 
  pennission 
  or 
  offering 
  tobacco 
  to 
  their 
  spirits, 
  they 
  

   become 
  strangely 
  sick, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  believed. 
  The 
  otters 
  then 
  go 
  to 
  a 
  

   spring 
  and 
  hold 
  a 
  ceremony 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  enter 
  the 
  sick 
  man's 
  

   lodge 
  and 
  sprinkle 
  him 
  with 
  the 
  spring 
  water 
  hoping 
  thereby 
  to 
  

   cure 
  him. 
  

  

  Opening 
  or 
  tobacco 
  throicing 
  ceremony 
  of 
  the 
  False 
  Face 
  Company 
  

  

  Xow 
  receive 
  you 
  this 
  tobacco, 
  you, 
  SJiagodozi'egozi'a, 
  the 
  great 
  

   false 
  face, 
  

  

  Now 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  where 
  your 
  grandchildren 
  are 
  

   gathered. 
  

  

  Xow 
  you 
  are 
  taking 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  false 
  faces 
  who 
  are 
  

   wandering 
  in 
  the 
  rocky 
  valleys 
  and 
  mountains. 
  

  

  Xow 
  you 
  are 
  the 
  ones 
  who 
  think 
  much 
  of 
  this 
  sacred 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  Xow 
  we 
  wish 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  request 
  of 
  you. 
  So 
  we 
  always 
  offer 
  

   this 
  sacred 
  tobacco, 
  (literally, 
  real 
  tobacco), 
  when 
  we 
  ask 
  anything 
  

   of 
  you. 
  

  

  We 
  pray 
  that 
  you 
  help 
  us 
  with 
  your 
  power. 
  

  

  You 
  can 
  go 
  over 
  all 
  the 
  earth. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  pine 
  tree 
  and 
  that 
  is 
  the 
  

   place 
  of 
  your 
  resting. 
  It 
  is 
  there 
  that 
  you 
  rub 
  your 
  rattle, 
  when 
  

   you 
  come 
  to 
  rest. 
  

  

  X^ow 
  then 
  this 
  tree 
  receives 
  this 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  \Ve 
  ask 
  that 
  you 
  watch 
  over 
  us 
  and 
  exercise 
  your 
  power 
  to 
  

   protect 
  us 
  from 
  an}i:hing 
  harmful. 
  

  

  W^e 
  hold 
  in 
  mind 
  that 
  you 
  have 
  ever 
  c-one 
  your 
  duty 
  in 
  past 
  

   times 
  and 
  we 
  ask 
  that 
  you 
  continue 
  (vigilant) 
  henceforth. 
  

  

  We 
  use 
  this 
  tobacco 
  when 
  we 
  ask 
  favors 
  of 
  you 
  for 
  you 
  are 
  

   very 
  fond 
  of 
  this 
  tobacco. 
  

  

  Xow 
  your 
  cane 
  gets 
  tobacco. 
  The 
  great 
  pine 
  tree 
  to 
  its 
  top 
  is 
  

   your 
  cane. 
  

  

  Xow 
  you, 
  the 
  husk 
  faces, 
  you 
  get 
  tobacco 
  also. 
  

  

  You 
  have 
  been 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  false 
  faces 
  in 
  times 
  past. 
  Xow 
  

   you 
  receive 
  tobacco 
  for 
  you 
  have 
  done 
  your 
  duty. 
  

  

  So 
  it 
  is 
  finished. 
  

  

  