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THE LODGE-MAKER INVITES THE PRIEST. 



Toward noon the Lodge-maker, in his own tipi, painted himself 

 from head to foot with red paint, wrapped a buffalo robe about his 

 body, and taking a pipe in his hand made the circuit of the camp- 

 circle four times. He entered the circle on the west side and directed 

 his course toward the north, continuing his journey by way of the 

 east, south, and west, completing his journey again at the west after 



Fig. 7. The Lodge-maker inviting priests. 



he had circled the camp four times. (See Fig. 7.) As he made his 

 journey he entered the tipi of each man who had ever pledged the 

 Sun Dance, even entering the tipis of the families where a former 

 member had been a Lodge-maker. On entering the tipi he said, 

 "My friend, I have come after you"; this constituted an invitation 

 on the part of the Lodge-maker to the former priest to take part 

 in the forthcoming ceremony, and at the same time was a notifica- 

 tion that the Priests'-tipi was ready. 



THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO SOCIAL DANCE. 



In the mean time, certain Cheyenne and Arapaho from Washita 

 were holding a dance of a social nature, called the Omaha dance, 



