he spring of a panther,
He leaps to the goal and succeeds,
'mid the roar of the mad acclamation.
Then glad as the robin in May
was the voice of Winona exulting;
Tamdoka turned sullen away,
and sulking he walked by the river;
He glowered as he went and the fire
of revenge in his bosom was kindled:
Dark was his visage with ire
and his eyes were the eyes of a panther.

THE WAKAN-WACEPEE, OR SACRED DANCE. [81]

Lo the lights in the _"Teepee-Wakan!"_
'tis the night of the _Wakan Wacepee_.
Round and round walks the chief of the clan,
as he rattles the sacred _Ta-sha-kay_; [81]
Long and loud on the _Chan-che-ga_ [81]
beat the drummers with magical drumsticks,
And the notes of the _Cho-tanka_ [81]
greet like the murmur of winds on the waters.
By the friction of white-cedar wood
for the feast was a Virgin-fire [20] kindled.
They that enter the firm brotherhood
first must fast and be cleansed by _E-nee-pee_;[81]
And from foot-sole to crown of the head
must they paint with the favorite colors;
For _Unktehee_ likes bands of blood-red,
with the stripings of blue intermingled.
In the hollow earth, dark and profound,
_Unktehee_ and fiery _Wakinyan_
Long fought, and the terrible sound
of the battle was louder than thunder;
The mountains were heaved and around
were scattered the hills and the boulders,
And the vast solid plains of the ground
rose and fell like the waves of the ocean.
But the god of the waters prevailed.
_Wakin-yan_ escaped from the cavern,
And long on the mountains he wailed,
and his hatred endureth forever.

When _Unktehee_ had finished the earth,
and the beasts and the birds and the fishes,
And men at his bidding came forth
from the heart of the huge hollow mountains,[69]
A band chose the god from the hordes,
and he said: "Ye are the sons of _Unktehee_:
Ye are lords of the beasts and the birds,
and the fishes that swim in the waters.
But hearken ye now to my words,--
let them sound in your bosoms forever:
Ye shall honor _Unktehee_ and hate _Wakinyan_,
the Spirit of Thunder,
For the power of _Unktehee_ is great,
and he laughs at the darts of _Wakinyan_.
Ye shall honor the Earth and the Sun,--
for they are your father and mother; [7