Which I have made to be the signs of my old age. 48. When the little ones make of me the means of reaching old age, 49. They shall always live to see the corners of their eyelids folded with age, as they travel the path of life. 50. Behold my eyelids that are gathered into folds, 51. Which I have made to be the signs of my old age. 52. When the little ones make of me the means of reaching old age, 53. They shall always live to see their eyelids gathered into folds with age, as they travel the path of life. 54. Behold the hair on the crown of my head, now grown thin, 55. Which I have made to be the sign of my old age. 56. When the little ones make of me the means of reaching old age, 57. They shall always live to see the hair on the crown of their heads grown thin with age, as they travel the path of life. WI´-GI-E OF THE WA´-ṬSE-ṬSI GENS At the close of the recital of the wi´-gi-es by all the Noⁿ´-hoⁿ-zhiⁿ-ga, the Sho´-ḳa places before the head of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens a bowl of water into which had been put fronds of the red cedar. The red cedar and the water are the life symbols of the Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi, the people who came to earth from the stars. The following is an epitome of their wi´-gi-e: I am a person who is fit for use as a symbol, Behold the female red cedar, Verily, I am a person who has made of that tree his body. When the little ones make of me their bodies, They shall always live to see old age. Behold the male red cedar, The little ones shall always use this tree as a symbol. When the little ones use it for a symbol, They shall always live to see old age. Behold these waters, That we shall make to be companions to the tree. When the little ones make use of these waters As the means of reaching old age, They shall always live to see old age. —(See 36th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethn., p. 95.) WI´-GI-E OF THE BOW PEOPLE The E-noⁿ´ Miⁿ-dse-ṭoⁿ, a people who belong to the same great tribal division as the Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi, use a similar wi´-gi-e, which is as follows: I am a person who is fitted for use as a symbol. Verily, in the midst of the rushing waters Abides my being. Verily, I am a person who has made of the waters his body. Behold the right side of the river, Of which I have made the right side of my body. When the little ones make of me their bodies And use the right side of the river To make their bodies, The right side of their bodies shall be free from all causes of death. Behold the left side of the river, Of which I have made the left side of my body. When the little ones also make of it the left side of their bodies, The left side of their bodies shall always be free from all causes of death.