The magicians, the Wabenos,

And the Medicine-men, the Medas,

Came to bid the strangers welcome;

“It is well”, they said, “O brothers,

That you come so far to see us!”

In a circle round the doorway,

With their pipes they sat in silence,

Waiting to behold the strangers,

Waiting to receive their message;

Till the Black-Robe chief, the Pale-face,