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fifth, sixth, and seventh days of 1901 correspond respectively to the 

 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth days of the 1902 performance. 



Owing to the fact that few or many days may be consumed in the 

 formation. of the camp-circle, the ceremony proper may be said to 

 begin on the morning of the announcement, although it is to be under- 

 stood that the camp-circle has already been formed. 



First Day: — Formal announcement, in the forenoon, of the begin- 

 ning of the ceremony, by the Crier; erection of the Rabbit- tipi in the 

 afternoon. 



Second Day: — Secret ceremonies in the Rabbit-.tipi : — The prep- 

 aration of the Lodge-Maker's robe; the filling of the sacred pipe; 

 the cutting of the rawhide for the center-pole; the formation of the 

 temporary altar; the rehearsal of Sun Dance songs. Events out- 

 side of the Rabbit-tipi: — The killing of the buffalo; the searching for 

 the ordinary timbers for the great lodge by the different warrior soci- 

 eties; and, near midnight, the ceremony of the grandfather and the 

 wife of the Lodge-Maker. 



Third Day: — Secret ceremonies within the Rabbit-tipi: — The 

 painting of the robe for the center-pole; the painting of the buffalo 

 skull; preparation of the digging-stick; the painting of the belt; the 

 painting of the Lodge-Maker. Events outside the Rabbit-tipi: — The 

 solicitation about the camp-circle by the Lodge-Maker for presents; the 

 bringing to the Rabbit-tipi of the cedar-tree; the laying out of the 

 Offerings-lodge; the digging of the holes for the lodge by the Lime- 

 Crazy society; the erection of and ceremonial performance within the 

 Sweat-lodge; rehearsal in the Rabbit-tipi during the night. 



Fourth Day: — Secret ceremonies within the Rabbit-tipi: — Such 

 preparations as have not already been made are completed ; in the after- 

 noon the Lodge-Maker and his associates are painted; preparation is 

 made for the abandonment of the Rabbit-tipi, which takes place on the 

 completion of the Offerings-lodge. Outside the Rabbit-tipi : — The cap- 

 ture and bringing in of the center-pole ; the painting of the four poles 

 and the center-pole ; the completion of the Offerings-lodge ; the war and 

 scalp dance inside the Offerings-lodge; after the evening meal the 

 Lodge-Maker and those who are to fast during the ceremony enter the 

 lodge; bearing the first paint; singing sacred songs in the Offerings- 

 lodge; outside, near midnight, the ceremony between the grand- 

 father and the wife of the Lodge-Maker; the formal beginning of 

 the Sun Dance. 



Fifth Day: — At daybreak occurs the dance to the Sun; the dancers 

 then remain inactive until the completion of the altar; the priests go 

 outside to cut the sods which are brought within the Offerings-lodge, 



