Version 1. There are four who sit at the corners of the world, who blow life upon us in the wind of their speech. The last of these abides Where the Sun Straightens. He is the youngest and smallest of the Island Weights, yet it is he who controls the greatest measure of Life and who is the most renowned. He dwells under the canopy of the perfect day where no darkness can overstride him nor any ill wind rush upon him.

When he set out for the Creation Lodge of the Medicine Rite, he was arrayed with the nimbus of Life and Light bestowed upon him from the hand of Earthmaker himself. Four steps he took, and in those steps he traversed all the space before him and stood at the door of the Medicine Lodge. He entered and strode right to the end of the lodge. All about him was illuminated. He turned right and walked a perfect circle within the lodge back to his starting point in the south. As he traversed this arc, his luminence became more and more wondrous to behold, a beauty never before seen on this earth. All his light suffused throughout the lodge, and Hare as he sat there rejoiced in his heart for the founding of his Rite. [1]

Version 2. The Island Anchor of the South on the fourth night strongly fixed his mind on the Creation Lodge of the Medicine Rite and sent it down here. Those who seek life will in like manner concentrate their mind upon the initiate when the time comes.

When South walked towards the Creation Lodge, he wrapped himself in all the spiritual powers that Earthmaker had bestowed upon him. Indeed, these very powers became his body. He entered the Lodge and started down the Road. As he walked, even as great as the Light and Life had been hitherto, now it was greater still, making the Lodge sparkle with its light. [2]

Links: Earthmaker, Island Weights, Hare.

Stories: pertaining to the Medicine Rite: The Medicine Rite Foundation Myth, The Journey to Spiritland, Holy Song, Maize Origin Myth, The Necessity for Death, Hog's Adventures, Great Walker's Warpath, see also Other Stories from Jasper Blowsnake's account of the Medicine Rite; mentioning Creation Lodges (Wogûzotcíra): The Creation Council, Hare Secures the Creation Lodge of the Medicine Rite, The Descent of the Drum, The Four Steps of the Cougar, The Nightspirits Bless Djobenâgiwíñxga, The Boy who would be Immortal, The Medicine Rite Foundation Myth, The Animal Spirit Aids of the Medicine Rite, Otter Comes to the Medicine Rite, East Enters the Medicine Lodge, East Shakes the Messenger, The Arrows of the Medicine Rite Men (v. 1), Peace of Mind Regained; mentioning Island Weights: The Creation of the World, The Island Weight Songs, East Shakes the Messenger, East Enters the Medicine Lodge, North Shakes His Gourd, Wolves and Humans, Cûgepaga, Traveler and the Thunderbird War (v. 2), The Lost Blanket, Thunderbird Clan Origin Myth (v. 1), The Medicine Rite Foundation Myth, Hare Secures the Creation Lodge, South Seizes the Messenger, Earthmaker Sends Rucewe to the Twins, The Messengers of Hare, Paint Medicine Origin Myth, Four Steps of the Cougar, The Petition to Earthmaker; mentioning the Island Weight of the South: South Seizes the Messenger, Four Steps of the Cougar.

Stories from Jasper Blowsnake's account of the Medicine Rite (The Road of Life and Death) in notebook order: The Shell Anklets Origin Myth, V 1, Keramanic'aka's Blessing, The Woman's Scalp Medicine Bundle, The Blessing of Kerexûsaka, Historical Origins of the Medicine Rite, Hare Secures the Creation Lodge of the Medicine Rite, Lifting Up the Bear Heads, East Enters the Medicine Lodge, V. 1, The Creation of the World, V. 12, The Creation of Man, V. 8, Otter Comes to the Medicine Rite, The Journey to Spiritland, V. 4, East Enters the Medicine Lodge, V. 2, Testing the Slave, The Descent of the Drum, V. 1, The Commandments of Earthmaker, The Coughing Up of the Black Hawks, The Animal Spirit Aids of the Medicine Rite, The Arrows of the Medicine Rite Men, V. 2, East Shakes the Messenger, The Medicine Rite Foundation Myth, V. 4, The Messengers of Hare, V. 2, North Shakes His Gourd, Grandmother's Gifts, South Seizes the Messenger, Four Steps of the Cougar, The Messengers of Hare, V. 1, The Island Weight Songs, The Petition to Earthmaker, A Snake Song Origin Myth, The Completion Song Origin, Great Walker's Medicine, V. 2, Great Walker and the Anishinaabe Witches, The Diving Contest, The Sweetened Drink Song, The Plant Blessing of Earth, Tobacco Origin Myth, V. 3, The Tap the Head Medicine, The Claw Shooter, Tobacco Origin Myth, V. 4, Peace of Mind Regained, The Journey to Spiritland, V. 5, A Wife for Knowledge, The Shell Anklets Origin Myth, V. 2, The Descent of the Drum, V. 2, Death Enters the World.

Themes: spirits meet in a council: The Twins Retrieve Red Star's Head, Black and White Moons, Holy One and His Brother, The Creation Council, The Children of the Sun, Hare Secures the Creation Lodge, The Gift of Shooting, East Shakes the Messenger, The Descent of the Drum, East Enters the Medicine Lodge, The Blessings of the Buffalo Spirits, The Petition to Earthmaker, The Boy who would be Immortal; a leader of a cardinal direction first enters the Creation Lodge of the Medicine Rite: East Enters the Medicine Lodge; the youngest offspring is superior: The Mission of the Five Sons of Earthmaker, Young Man Gambles Often, The Medicine Rite Foundation Myth, Twins Cycle, The Two Boys, Bluehorn's Nephews, The Children of the Sun, The Creation of the World, V. 12, The Race for the Chief's Daughter, Îtcorúcika and His Brothers, The Raccoon Coat, Wodjidjé, How the Thunders Met the Nights, He Who Eats the Stinking Part of the Deer Ankle, Sun and the Big Eater, Buffalo Clan Origin Myth, Bear Clan Origin Myth (vv. 4, 7), Snake Clan Origins, Snake Clan Origins, Thunderbird Clan Origin Myth; someone is able to exert supernatural power upon an object by concentrating his mind upon it: Hare Establishes Bear Hunting, Hare Recruits Game Animals for Humans, The Boy who was Blessed by a Mountain Lion, The Petition to Earthmaker, The Messengers of Hare, Otter Comes to the Medicine Rite, The Blessing of Kerexûsaka.