ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate. 



I. The Sacred Wheel 



II. Cheyenne tipis ...... 



III. Ghost-dance tipis ----.. 



IV. WatAngaa's tipi ...... 



V. Rabbit-tipi ...... 



VI. Laying out the Sweat-lodge - . - - . 



VII. Erecting the Sweat-lodge .... 



VIII. Completing the Sweat-lodge - - - . . 



IX. Relation of the Sweat-lodge to the Rabbit-tipi - 



X. Lodge-Makers starting to solicit assistance 



XI. Lodge-Makers returning from soliciting assistance 



XII. Cedar tree for the Rabbit-tipi .... 



XIII. Thiyeh preparing the rawhide lariat 



XIV. Staking out the buffalo ..... 

 XV. Ceremonial capture of the buffalo 



XVI. Bringing lodge-poles into the camp-circle - 



XVII. Ghost-dance costumes ..... 



XVIII. The march to the capture of the center-pole 



XIX. Praying before cutting the center-pole - 



XX. Touching the center-pole with the pipe-stem before it is cut 



XXI. Cutting down the center-pole - . . . 



XXII. The center-pole trimmed to its proper length 



XXIII. Transferring the center-pole across the river - 



XXIV. Warrior societies, ready for the sham battle 



XXV. After the sham battle - ... - 



XXVI. The Thunderbird society after the sham battle 



XXVII. Unloading the center-pole . . . . 



XXVIII. Erecting the Offerings-lodge . . .' . 



XXIX. Erecting the Offerings-lodge .... 



XXX. The wife of the Lodge-Maker .... 



XXXI. Warrior societies awaiting the Rabbit-tipi priests 



XXXII. Rabbit-tipi priests leaving the Rabbit-tipi - 



XXXIII. Rite before painting the reach-poles - 



XXXIV. Painting the reach-pole - - - - - 

 XXXV. Painting the center-pole . . - . - 



XXXVI. The fork of the center-pole ..... 



XXXVII. The upper half of the center-pole ... 



XXXVIII. Completion of the Offerings-lodge .... 



XXXIX. Temporary altar ...... 



XL. Preliminary rites before cutting the sods - - - 



XLI. Cutting the sods - - - - - - 



XLII. Taking the sods from the ground . - - - 



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