7. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 8. They spake to one another, saying: What shall they use as a plume? 9. There is a god who never fails to appear at the beginning of day (the sun), 10. At whose right side 11. There stands a plume-like shaft, 12. Which the little ones shall use as a plume, 13. And they shall become difficult to overcome by death. 14. When the little ones use this plume, 15. They shall have a plume that will forever stand, as they travel the path of life. 3 16. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 17. They spake to one another, saying: With what shall the little ones anoint their hair? 18. The young male buffalo 19. Has fat adhering to the muscle on the right side of his spine. 20. The little ones shall use the oil of this fat to anoint their hair. 21. When they use this fat 22. They shall always live to see old age, as they travel the path of life, O, younger brothers. 4 23. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 24. They spake to one another, saying: What neck ornament shall they put upon him? (the Xo´-ḳa). 25. The mussel who sitteth upon the earth 26. They shall always put upon him, O, younger brothers. 27. The God of Day who sitteth in the heavens, 28. He shall bring to us, 29. They shall put upon him the sun as a neck ornament, O, younger brothers. 30. When they make of him (the sun) the means by which to reach old age, 31. They shall always live to see old age, as they travel the path of life. WA´-ṬSE-ṬSI AND THE ṬSI´-ZHU WA-SHTA-GE GENTES As the ceremony of decorating the Xo´-ḳa goes on, the Noⁿ´-hoⁿ-zhiⁿ-ga members of the Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi Wa-shta-ge gens, followed, by those of the Ṭsi´-zhu Wa-shta-ge gens, go to the house of the father of the child to be named, and enter to take their places, those of the Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi at the east end on the south side and those of the Ṭsi´-zhu at the east end on the north side. (Fig. 1.) The house then becomes the home of these two gentes for the time being and for the purposes of the ceremony. The Wa´-ṭse-ṭsi is the Peace gens of the Hoⁿ´-ga great tribal division, its life symbol is the water portion of the earth. The hereditary chief of the Hoⁿ´-ga division was chosen from this gens. The Ṭsi´-zhu is the Peace gens of the Ṭsi´-zhu great division. Its life symbol is the clear blue sky. The hereditary chief of the Ṭsi´-zhu great division was chosen from this gens. ṬSI ṬA´-P̣E (APPROACH TO THE HOUSE)