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 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. [70]
Let your prayer to the Sun be
--_Wakan, Ate: on-si-ma-da ohee-nee_ [a]
And remember the Taku Wakan, [73]
all pervading in earth and in ether--
Invisible ever to man,
but he dwells in the midst of all matter;
Yea, he dwells in the heart of the stone
--in the hard granite heart of the boulder;
Ye shall call him forever Tunkan
--grandfather of all the Dakotas.
Ye are men that I choose for my own;
ye shall be as a strong band of brothers,
Now I give you the magical bone
and the magical pouch of the spirits. [b]