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father,” the boy replied, “you must hear me first.” So he sang:
Ha me no la pe to ma na (eight times repeated)
(My right of sitting [living])
Yu ma ne ha' Id ya (In this world)
Ha me no la pe to ma na (eight times repeated) (My right of sitting)
When he had finished singing he took off a bundle that the Great Manito had given him, and hung it up, although he did not know what was in it; then he sat down. The old man then gave him the spoon containing muddy water, and he drank. When he had done this he felt good all over. Then they gave him food. Some one spoke to him from above and told him not to eat too much. After he had eaten he sat still and he and his father gazed at each other all day. The father thought, “The Great Manito has given my son something,” and he thought of the bundle. “He has been fasting many days, and he must have been given something or has had something made known to him.” His thoughts were under- stood by his son then. “Yes, my father,” he answered from his heart, “the Great Manito has given me something, but I want you to wait, as I am going out again.” He also told the old man to save up deer hoofs for him, as he was going to tie them on a stick and make a rattle (PI. XXIX, A). Next morning he set off very early, unknown to his father. When he was a long ways from the camp he started to cry again, and sang:
Ni ke te ma ke ni me ko to ka (I will receive sympathy)
Hi na ka Ma ni to wa ni na (He above Spirit, me)
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While he was crying and singing, the Great Manito spoke to him and told him to stop crying. “I was the one that helped you before,” he said. “You will see buffalo over there at the point of the draw, by the spring. Give them tobacco so you can get a tail and other parts from them.” So he did this, and skinned off the tail of a buffalo so as to hint it as little as possible (PI. XXXIV, F, G, H) ; then he raised the tail and said, “I have done what you told me!” Then he cut a strip of skin from the buffalo’s head (PI. XXX, A), and, holding it up, repeated, “I have done what you told me!” Then the Great Manito told him to cut off some skin and hair from under the forelegs of the buffalo, first right and then left (PI. XXXIV, A, D, E), and then a piece from its beard. There- upon he raised everything up and exclaimed, “I have cut every- thing off the way you told me!” “Now you must go on,” said the Great Manito. “As you cross the prairie down there you will see something standing. It is a raven; grab it by the neck and take it with you.” He did this and went on his way, and finally found a camping place, and built a fire to warm himself, and spent the night there. Then came morning; he skinned the raven and dried the skin right there. Then he went his way. "You will come to a cut bank pr bluff,” said the Great Manito. The young man asked himself when he reached it, “Why did I come here?” “There,” said the Manito, “pick up that red clay — it is paint!” Then he held it up to the Great Manito and exclaimed, “I have done what you said!” “Give me your right hand,” he heard somebody say, so he held it up, and in it was placed a bluish soft stone or dirt. “What shall I do with this?” he asked. “Wait,” was the answer; “you will know later.” At this point he had been out eight days again, and now was told to go home and see his folks for a while. His father knew when he started home, that he was coming, so his bowl was already prepared for him when he arrived. When he came he hung his new things up by the bundle he had hanging there already, then sat down in his place. The women then gave him his
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