Thus, too, it was with the People of Winter or the North. They chose, or were chosen and named, according to their resemblances or aptitudes; some as the Bear people (Aíŋshi-kwe), Coyote people (Súski-kwe), or Deer people (Shóhoita-kwe); others as the Crane people (Kâ´lokta-kwe), Turkey people (Tóna-kwe) or Grouse people (Póyi-kwe). In this wise it came to pass that the Áshiwe were divided of old in such wise as are their children today, into _ánotiwe_ (clans or kinties) of brothers and sisters who may not marry one another, but from one to another of kin. Yea, and as the Earth-mother had increased and kept within herself all beings, cherishing them apart from their father even after they came forth, so were these our mothers and sisters made the keepers of the kin-names and of the seed thereof, nor may the children of each be cherished by any others of kin. Now the Beloved Foremost Ones (Úan Éhkon Áteona) of these clans were prepared by instruction of the gods and the fathers of the house of houses and by being breathed of them (_púak‘yanapk‘ya_), whereby they became _áshiwani_ or priests also, but only the priests of possession, master keepers of sacred things and mysteries (_tíkitlapon ámosi_), each according to his nature of kinship. It was thus that the warmth-wanting (_ték‘yä‘hlna shema_) Badger-people were given the great shell (_tsúlikéinan ‘hlana_), the heart or navel of which is potent or sensitive of fire, as of the earthquake and the inner fire is the coiled navel of the Earth-mother. On the sunny sides of hills burrow the badgers, finding and dwelling amongst the dry roots whence is fire. Thus the "Two Badgers" were made keepers of the sacred heart-shell (_súti k’ili achi_), makers and wardens of fire. So, too, were the Bear, Crane, and Grouse people given the _múetone_, or the contained seed-substance of hail, snow and new soil (for the bear sleeps, no longer guarding when winter comes, and with the returning crane, in the wake of the duck, comes winter in the trail of the white growing grouse). So, to the Toad and other water people, descended to them from Yanáuluha the _k‘yáetone_, or the contained seed-substance of water; and to the Átâa-kwe, or All-seed-people, especially to the First-growing-grass people and the Tobacco people, was given of him also, the _chúetone_, or the contained seed-substance of corn grains. THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNCILS OF SECRECY OR SACRED BROTHERHOODS.