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R., said he, casually met with an apprentice whose master had lately died. The man was in the habit of visiting his master's grave every Saturday. He said to Mr. R., "Me go to massa grave, and de water come into me yeye; but me can't help it, massa, de water will come into me yeye."
The Bat told his exploits to the warriors, as he strode about the night-fire in the tepee, waving his arms, giving his war-yell until he split the air and made his listeners' ears ring. The medicine Bat had made him strong; it had opened the way and he had proved his faith. He sang while a man beat on a dried skin drum: "Hi-ha-s' yehe's' yeye'! 'Hi-he-e' yehe' e' yeye'!
'Hi' niso' nihu'-Hi' yeye'! 'Hi' niso' nihu'-Hi' yeye'!" And the yelping chorus came from the fire-lit circle, "Hi ya hi y a hi ye'ye'! ya' ya' ya' ya! e' e' e'." On the morrow, men from the military order of the "red lodges," the "miayuma," came to the Bat with charcoal, and he fasted many days before undergoing his initiation.
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