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CONTENTS. 



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 Introductory note ---.... 



I. Bibliography --...... 



II. The vow -----... 



Story of a woman's vow ---... 



Story of Thihduchhjlwkan's vow - - . . . g 



Thihduchhdwkan's prayer ----- 9 



Minor vows of dancing and fasting - - • - g 



III. Interval between the vow and the ceremony - - - 10 



IV. The sacred Wheel - - - - - . . 12 



Description of the Wheel ...... 12 



Symbolism of the Wheel ------ 13 



The Four-Old-Men - - - - - - - 13 



Wrapping the Wheel - - - - - - 15 



Miraculous movements of the Wheel - - - - 20 



V. Time of the ceremony ...... 22 



VI. Assemblage and formation of the camp-circle - - - - 22 



VII. Participants in the ceremony ..... 24 



Participants in the ceremony, 1902 - - - - - 28 



Alphabetical list of participants . - - . - 30 



Warrior societies ....... 32 



The priesthood --..... 33 



VIII. Characterization of the eight ceremonial days - - - - 33 



IX. The Sun Dance ceremony ...... 35 



First day, 1901 and 1902. 35 



Hocheni's prayer before Star society *- - - • • 36 



The announcement - - -. - - - 36 



The Rabbit-tipi ------- 37 



^ Rabbit-tipi taboos ...... 37 



Wood for the ceremonial fire - - - - - 38 



The Wheel taken to the Rabbit-tipi . - - - 38 



The knife, rawhide, and badger taken to the Rabbit-tipi - 38 



Hdwkan's prayer in the Rabbit-tipi ... 39 



The fireplace ....... 39 



The sage floor ....... 39 



The fire, and the war story - - - - - 39 



The Badger-pack ...... ^o 



The buffalo skull -.-.... 40 



Entrance into the lodge of the Lodge-Maker and wife - 41 



The feast and the offering of food - - - - 41 



The offering of smoke ...... 41 



The offering of incense ...... 42 



The drum and rattle ...... 42 



