CONTENTS. 



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Introductory note ---------- xiii 



PART I.— GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Name of the ceremony --------- 57 



The vow ------------ gy 



Interval between the vow and the ceremony ----- 58 



Time and duration of the ceremony ------- ^g 



The assemblage and formation of the camp-circle - - - . 61 



The participants -...-----. 62 



Synopsis of the ceremony by days ------ g^ 



PART II.— THE CEREMONY. 



Preliminary days --.....--. 66 



July eighth -- -- 66 



July ninth ----------- 66 



July tenth ..-- 66 



The First Day 67 



The Warriors '-tipi --------- 67 



The Priests '-tipi ---------- 68 



Selection of chief priest ------- 68 



The Second Day ---------- 69 



The morning feast --------- 69 



The Lodge-maker invites the priests ------ 70 



The Cheyenne and Arapaho social dance ----- 70 



The office of Crier -.-..---. 7J 



The Lone-tipi - - - - -- - - - - 72 



The barren earth --------- 72 



Assembling of the Lone-tipi priests ----- 7^ 



The pipe -tamper and cleaner - - - - - - - 73 



The first earth --------- 7^ 



Smoking the red pipe -------- 7^ 



Filling the sacred pipe ------- 76 



Painting the sacred pipe - - - - - - -- 78 



The second earth -------- 7^ 



Painting the Crier --------- 80 



The announcement -------- 81 



Sacrifice of food and the feast 82 



Events outside the Lone-tipi ------- 8a 



The Spy for the center- pole -- 82 



Selecting the site of the lodge - 83 



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