Illustrations , xi 



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28. Filling the sacred pipe ....-.-- qq 



Picking up the bowl of the sacred pipe ----- 99 



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



Painting the sacred pipe - - - - - - - loi 



The fire-spoon - - - - - -. - - - loi 



The earth-peg - - - - - - - - - 102 



The Lodge-maker, in ceremonial costume - - - - 105 



The Lodge-maker's wife in ceremonial costume - - - 106 



The Lodge-maker's wife carrying buffalo skull - - - - 107 



The priests abandoning the Lone-tipi - - - - - 107 



Lodge-maker's wife depositing the buffalo skull - - - 108 



The Lone-tipi priests -------- 108 



The Lodge-maker at end of line of priests - - - - 108 



Women with head-dresses and lances of willow - - - 109 



A warrior society en route to the timber - - - - - no 



Preparing the timbers for the lodge - - - - - m 



Erecting the lodge - - - - - - - - - m 



The chiefs bringing in the center-pole - - - - - 112 



Digging the hole for the center-pole - - - - - 112 



Spectators making offerings - - - - - - 113 



Making an offering to the buffalo skull - - - - - 113 



Priests smoking offering pipes - - - - - - 114 



Painting the center-pole - - - - - - - - 115 



Placing the brush in the fork of the center-pole - - - 117 



Making offerings to the fork of the center-pole - - - 118 



Lodge-maker's wife picking up the pipe - - - - ,118 



Raising the center-pole - - - - - - - - 119 



Completing the Sun Dance lodge - - - - - 119 



The Lodge-maker's wife carrying the skull - - - - 120 



The priests entering the Sun Dance lodge, 1901 - - - 120 



Musicians within the Sun Dance lodge - - - - - 121 



The chiefs selecting leaders ------- 123 



Diagram of lodge - - - - - - - - - 125 



Priests decorticating altar sticks - - - - - - 134 



Priests leaving the lodge for the sods - - - - - 135 



The Lodge-maker's wife and Sage- Woman - - - - 136 



Diagram of sods - - - - - - - - - 136 



Priest outlining sods - - - - - - - - 137 



The fifth piece of sod - - - - - - - - 137 



Sage- Woman and the Lodge-maker's wife - . - . 138 



The Lodge-maker's wife placing the sods - - - - - 138 



Diagram of position of sods and skull ----- 139 



Priests making the semi-circle of earth - - - - - 139 



Chief Priest directing the Lodge-maker - - - . 1^0 



Lodge-maker's wife picking up the digging stick - - - 141 



Lodge-maker's wife with the altar foliage - - - - 141 



Lodge-maker's wife completing altar foliage - - - - 142 



Preparing the dry-sand picture ------ 143 



Preparing the rainbow sticks - - - - - - - 144 



Inserting the rainbow sticks - - - - - - 145 



