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PL. XXXIII. Preliminary Rite before Painting the Reach-poles. 

 Fourth Day, 1902. 



Fig. I. Hdwkan praying at the first lodge-pole; Nishnat^yana holding aloft 

 the pipe-stem; Thiyeh the Wheel; and Wahiibahu the ceremonial knife. 



Fig. 2. Thfyeh touching the pole, preparatory to its being painted, with the 

 feathers of the Wheel. 



