![Transcription Center logo](/themes/custom/tc_theme/assets/image/logo.png)
This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
earlier when the very old people versed in these rites were still living. But I will do the best I can with what material I have. The Kaws are here visiting the Osages and tomorrow they will have what they call their "smoke." The visitors will be given horses blankets etc. I meant to tell you that the "Rain Wi-gi-e" of the Hon-ga is quite different from the Thunder people. In the Honga ritual the penalties presented from broken promises to the Wa-xo-be are general, while those of the Thunder, are specified, and from this man I gather that all the others specify and in different ways, but all these came in the Ni-zhin, or rain wi-gi-e. I hope you keep well and are having a pleasant time. Ever Affly, [[signature]] F [[/signature]]