PART II.— THE CEREMONY. 



The time and place of the ceremony having previously been 

 announced to the tribe, they aim to move camp and have formed the 

 camp-circle by evening of the day before that set for the beginning of 

 the ceremony. From this time until the close of the ceremony, all 

 who are to participate in the ceremony abstain from women, other- 

 wise serious accidents would result. 



FIRST DAY. 



The Four Secret Tipis of Preparation. 



The camp-circle being completed, the priests selected four tipis, 

 located one on the southeast, one on the southwest, one on the north- 

 west, and one on the northeast of the circle. They assembled within 

 these tipis according to the following grouping: 

 No. i. White-Deer. 

 Black-Elk. 

 Polecat. 

 No. 2. Little Dancer. 

 Sits-on-Hill. 

 Hairy-Bear. 

 No. 3. Two-Crows. 

 No-Ear. 

 Little-Walker. 

 No. 4. White-Eagle. 

 Big-Elk. 



Little-Hard-Man. 

 No rites were performed, but they visited back and forth from 

 one tipi to another, provided certain raw materials to be used later 

 in the ceremony, decided on the individuals who were to perform 

 certain rites later on, and discussed the names of the men who were 

 to be invited to participate as dancers during the ceremony. 



Mourning Feast. 

 At about noon there occurred on the south side of the circle a 

 mourning feast, at which time many presents, including horses, 

 ponies, trunks, shawls, etc., were given away. This was followed by 

 the feast. (See PL II, Fig. 1.) 



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