I whirled this wakan.
I whirled this wakan.
I demolished this tent.
I whirled this wakan.
I demolished this tent.
I whirled this wakan.
As the chant ceased, a calm succeeded, and one Indian with his wife,
found himself safe and tranquil on the shore, but his companions had
all perished. From that time he was a friend of this divinity, and was
honored with the name of ONKTEHI-DUTA.”
Another chant of this god, may, with propriety, have a place here,
because it is often used in the medicine-dance, and indicates the
character of the god in the estimation of his worshippers:
“Mde hdakinyan wakanyan munka.
Mde hdakinyan wakanyan munka.
He taku nagi knayan, niyake wata nunwe.”