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Hisenibe (Singing- Woman, wife of Watangaa) ; pupil. 

 Chanitoe (Striking- Back): pupil. 

 S6soni (Shoshoni-Woman, wife of Lizard); pupil. 

 Waanibe (Grass-Singing, wife of Hdwkan); pupil. 



Group 3. 



Thihauchhdwkan (Straight-Crazy) ; J.odge-Maker of the Sun 

 Dance. 



Biba (Curly-Hair, wife of Thihduchhdwkan) ; personates the Maid. 



Debithe (Cut-Nose) ; grandfather of Thihduchhdwkan ; personates 

 the Sacred-Wheel. 



NIsah (Twins); grandmother of Biba; personates Mother-Earth. 



Group 4. 



Bihata (Black-Hat), or George. 



Henienit (Famous), or Arnold Walworth. 



Waatannak (Black-Bear). 



Waatu (Warrior), or Daniel Dyer. 



Chaiii (Lump-Forehead), or Daniel Webster. 



Hisehaseh (Sun-Ray), or George Hocheni. 



Hitantuh (Strikes-First), or Hardley Ridge-Bear. 



Hebethenen (Big-Nose), or Walter Finley. 



Niehhinitu (Howling-Bird), or Charley Old-Horse. 



We may now consider some of the more important of this list of 

 participants, with the idea of inquiring into the cause of their presence 

 and the personages they are to represent in the coming drama. 



Hocheni is the most important participant to be mentioned, and 

 holds a position, in activity, second only to that of Hdwkan. He may 

 be regarded as the chief priest, or perhaps, rather as referee; for to 

 him are submitted all matters of doubt, and to him falls the duty of 

 overseeing the general trend of the ceremony. It is his duty to offer 

 prayer at times, to light the sacred pipe, and in general, to see that 

 the ceremony is conducted with reverence and with proper decorum. 

 Hdcheni takes his place owing to the fact that he has reached the 

 seventh and highest of the Arapaho societies, Chinachinena, Water- 

 Pouring-Old-Men, or the Sweat-lodge society, as it is often called. 

 Heichebiaw (Tall-Bear), the only other surviving member of the society, 

 should, according to precedent, have taken a place with Hocheni as 

 general overseer or high priest in the ceremony; but he, on account 

 of his great age, refused to take an active part. In the drama of the 

 Sun Dance, Hocheni plays the part of the Sun. 



