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their arrival, pitched their tipis in conformity with the plan laid 

 out, so that it was not necessary to move the tipis. Furthermore, 

 the tipi to be designated as the Warriors'-tipi had already been 

 selected, and was left standing where it had been erected originally, 

 at the edge of the circle. (See Fig. 6.) 



Early in the morning, Three-Fingers, as he had been directed 

 on the preceding day, went out on horseback to select, without 

 formality, a center-pole. At the same time the Dew-claw Rattle 

 society again paraded the camp-circle, as on the previous night. 

 After the parade the society met in the tipi of Black-Bear, a member 

 of the Bow-string society. I was not present at this meeting, but 

 was told that after they had all entered, one of the four girls belong- 

 ing to the organization took part in the meeting and at the feast 

 food was offered her first. Nothing of importance took place at 

 this meeting. 



On this day in 1901 the Lodge-maker went a second time to the 

 Lodge-maker of the preceding Sun Dance to obtain the secret bundle 

 containing the sacred pipe and the buffalo chip, as on his first visit 

 he did not have sufficient funds to secure it. This bundle is always 

 kept by the Lodge-maker until the time of the next ceremony, when, 

 on the payment of a considerable sum, he transmits it to the new 

 benefactor of the tribe. Should the bundle be lost it would not be 

 possible, the Cheyenne say, to have another ceremony. 



THE SECOND DAY. 



On that day the Priests'-tipi is supposed to be moved within 

 the camp-circle, where certain preliminary rites are to be performed ; 

 it is henceforth known as the Lone-tipi, or rehearsal tipi, and is 

 from this time on supposed to be sacred. No one may pass in front 

 of it, for if he did he would become blind. No menstruating woman 

 may pass by the tipi on the windward side ; to do so would cause her 

 own death and the occupants of the tipi would be poisoned. The 

 meaning of the name given the tipi of secret rites is Tipi-by-itself. 

 Another name is Tipi-from-which-the-Rebirth-lodge-comes. It is also 

 given the name of the morning-star and is said to be symbolic of 

 the hill from which, according to the myth, the buffalo came. 



THE MORNING FEAST. 



Early on that day the Dew-claw Rattle society, together with the 

 Lodge-maker, assembled in the tipi of the daughter of Brave-Bear, 

 she being a member of the Dew-claw organization. There a feast 

 was provided, after which the members went to their respective tipis. 



