§ 29. In 1889 George Miller gave an account of what he called “Niní bahaí tĕ,” i. e. the offering or presentation of tobacco. Whether this phrase was ever used except in a religious or superhuman connection is more than the author is able to say. Whenever the Indians traveled they used all the words which follow as they extended the pipe with the mouthpiece toward the sun: “Haú, niní gakĕ´ Wakan´da, Miⁿ´ ȼé Ho tobacco that Wakanda Sun this lg. ob. niñkĕ´cĕ! Ujañ´ge ȼiȼíʇa kĕ égaⁿqti uáha té ă. you who sit Road your the just so I follow will ! lg. ob. its course Iñgáxa-gă! Edádaⁿ ctécte údaⁿqti ákipañkiȼa´-gă! Edádaⁿ Make it for me What soever very good cause me to meet it What júajĭ wiⁿ´ ĕdedíte ʞĭ´ íbetaⁿañkiȼá-gă! Ȼi´-naⁿ inferior one it is there if cause me to pass Only thou around it ámusta waȼíɔna ȼagȼiⁿ´, ní-uȼan´da ȼéȼaⁿ ȼéȼaⁿska édegaⁿ, directly in sight you sit island this this large but above (us) place edádaⁿ waníta ʇan´de uckaⁿ´ckaⁿ ȼaⁿ bȼúgaqti níkaciⁿga what quadruped ground mv. on it here the all person and there ȼaⁿ´ ctĕwaⁿ´ wiⁿ´ aⁿ´ba ataⁿ´ íȼaɔni´gȼaⁿ ʞĭ, égaⁿ-naⁿ. the soever one day how you decide for when always so. long him Ádaⁿ wi´ʞa-naⁿ maⁿ´ hă, Wakan´da” This may be rendered Therefore I ask a favor alone . Wakanda of you freely thus: “Ho, Mysterious Power, you who are the Sun! Here is tobacco! I wish to follow your course. Grant that it may be so! Cause me to meet whatever is good (i. e., for my advantage) and to give a wide berth to anything that may be to my injury or disadvantage. Throughout this island (the world) you regulate everything that moves, including human beings, when you decide for one that his last day on earth has come, it is so. It can not be delayed. Therefore, O Mysterious Power, I ask a favor of you.” THE PONKA SUN DANCE OF 1873.