15 Wátse-ʇúʞa-na. ʇuʞa shows that the star was regarded as a male _animal_, just as min’ʞa, in line 43, denotes that the next star was a female _animal_, not a female of the human race. As they were called "grandfather" and "grandmother," they were looked upon as supernatural beings or gods. So were all of the heavenly bodies to whom the Black Bear applied. 16 Ɔiñ’ʞa ɔuíʞa miñkcé ¢an’tse, a phrase that puzzles the writer, who suspects that an auxiliary verb has been omitted and that the whole should read: "Ɔiñʞa ɔuiʞa-wikci¢e miñkcé ¢an’tse? ( _Can I give you bodies for the children_?) No! You must still make attempts to obtain them elsewhere." 17 Wákanʇá ʞána *d*¢in-máɔĭ, _I am not the only mysterious one_ (apply to some one of the rest). 18 Mikák’ĕ pé¢ŭ*d*a, sometimes called "Mikák’ĕ u*d*átse pé¢ŭn*d*a," the Seven Gentes of Stars. Could this have any connection with the use of the number 7 as the number of the Tsiɔu, Waɔaɔe, and Hañʞa gentes? 19 ʞahiʞe-waʇayiñʞa, of this gens, gave the following as another reading: Ɔiñ’ʞa | níkacíʞa | ¢iñʞé-eʇan’, | cu*d*¢é | e¢aú, | wítsiʞué! | á*d*intaú, | Tsiká! Child | human beings | none as | I go to you | indeed | O grandfather! | he really said | O grandfather! _Translation_. As the children are not human beings, I go to you, O grandfather! 20 This fragment of the tradition of the Bald Eagle subgens of the Tsiɔu wactaʞe gens was told by Pahü-skă, the chief, to Ha*d*a-ɔüʇse, who related it to the writer on the following day.