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The Third Day ----- 83 



Secret rites outside the Lone-tipi ------ 84 



Wolf-Face selects the center-pole tree, 1901 . - - . 84 



The priests search for a larger earth ----- 84 



The third earth --------- 85 



The return to the Lone-tipi ------- 87 



Secret rites in the Lone-tipi ------- 88 



The fourth earth --------- 89 



The sacrifice and feast - - - - - - - - 89 



Spy for the center-pole chosen ------ qq 



Smoking the red pipe -------- qq 



The buffalo skull --------- 91 



The fifth earth - - - - - - - -- 91 



The Rehearsal --------- q2 



The Fourth Day ---------- ^2 



Secret rites in the Lone-tipi ------- ^3 



The Lodge-maker's robe ------- g-^ 



The feast and preparation of the priests - . - - g^ 



The woman's belt --------- g^ 



The Lodge-maker's head-dress ------ g^ 



The woman's skirt --------- 95 



The Lodge-maker's whistle ------- 96 



Preparing the buffalo skull ------- q6 



The center-pole image -------- 97 



The drum-stick rattles -------- gg 



Filling the sacred pipe -------- 98 



Painting the sacred pipe - - - - - - - 100 



The earth-peg and fire-spoon - - - - - - loi 



The noonday feast - - - - - - - - 102 



The enemy arrow - - - - - - - - 102 



Painting the earth-peg - - - - - - - - 103 



The arrow and the earth-peg ------ 104 



Painting the Lodge-maker and his wife - - - - - 104 



The priests prepare to leave the Lone-tipi . . - - 106 



The Lone-tipi is abandoned - - - - - - - 107 



Public rites of the forenoon ------- 108 



Counting coup at the site of the center-pole - - - - 108 



Timbers for the Sun Dance lodge ----- 109 



The Lodge-maker invites the warrior societies - - - - 110 



The center-pole - - - - - - - - - jii 



The hole for the center-pole - - - - - - - 112 



The completion of the Sun Dance lodge - - - - - 113 



Painting the lodge poles - - - - - - - 114 



The fork of the center-pole - - - - - - - 116 



Raising the center-pole - - - - - - - 11 8 



The completion of the lodge - - - - - - - 120 



The priests enter the lodge - - - - - - - 120 



