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pole, which is to form one of the four poles to be decorated and 

 painted, and which are to represent the four medicine-spirits, and 

 in addition at least four uprights and four rafter poles and four cross- 

 beams. Thus the Dew-claws brought in a pole for the southeast, 

 the Coyotes a pole for the southwest, the Red-Shields a pole for the 

 northwest, and the Dog-Men a pole for the northeast. All timbers 

 for the lodge are provided on the day of its erection, and the assem- 

 bling of the poles by the societies is always the occasion of good fellow- 

 ship and merriment. 



The various organizations, after they had counted coup, returned 

 to the entrance or eastern gateway of the camp-circle where, still 

 on the inside of the circle, they turned toward the south and paraded 

 entirely around the circle, always being careful to pass to the east 



■ of the Lone-tipi, and not 

 between it and the camp- 

 circle. (See Fig. 42.) They 

 continued on around to the 

 west and north to the en- 

 trance, where they passed 

 outside of the circle and 

 made another circuit of the 

 circle, this time on the out- 

 side. Then they returned 

 to the northeast corner of 

 the circle and there awaited 

 the other warrior societies. 

 When they all had arrived 

 they went to the timber as 

 before to bring in the tim- 

 bers for the lodge. (See Pis. 

 XXX. and XXXI.) 

 This work occupied nearly all the forenoon and was accom- 

 panied by the utmost hilarity and enthusiasm. After a sufficient 

 number of the timbers had been brought to the site of the lodge, 

 the societies gathered in groups, some in tipis especially erected near 

 by for this purpose, and awaited the arrival of the Lodge-maker. 



The Lodge-Maker Invites the Warrior Societies' 

 Assistance. 



At about the middle of the afternoon the Lodge-maker left the 

 Lone-tipi, carrying with him ten pipes, one of which he presented 

 to the leader of each of the warrior societies, which were now 



Fig. 42. 



A warrior society en route to the 

 timber. 



