20. “You have spoken good words!”—I am pleased, delighted with what you have said!
21. “You have spoken the truth!”—I am satisfied with what you have said!
22. “Singing birds!”—Tale bearers—story tellers—liars.
23. “Don’t listen to the singing of the birds which fly by!”—Don’t believe what stragglers tell you!
24. “What bird was it that sung that song?”—Who was it that told that story, that lie?
25. (To a chief,) “Have you heard the news?”—Have you been officially informed?
26. “I have not heard anything!”—I have no official information.
27. “To kindle a council fire at such a place.”—To appoint a place where the national business is to be transacted; to establish the seat of government there.
28. “To remove the council fire to another place.”—To establish another place for the seat of government.
29. “The council fire has been extinguished.”—Blood has been shed by an enemy at the seat of government, which has put the fire out; the place has been polluted.