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THE LONE-TIPI. 



Shortly after the event just noted several women, wives of mem- 

 bers of the Dew-claw Rattle society, went to the Priests'-tipi. They 



at once loosened the tipi pegs 

 and each one grasped one of 

 the poles and in unison they 

 lifted the tipi and carried it 

 forward (see Fig. ii) about 

 twenty yards within the 

 camp-circle toward the cen- 

 ter. Here they rested the 

 poles on the ground, re- 

 adjusted the tipi covering, 

 and made it fast by means of 

 pegs. (PI. XXIV.) All left for 

 their tipis, except the wife of 

 the Lodge-maker, who, with 

 Bull-Tongue, the newly ap- 

 pointed Crier and a Lodge- 

 maker on a former occasion, 

 entered the Lone-tipi. 



Fig. II. Women removing Warriors'-tipi. 



The Barren Earth. 

 The Lodge-maker's wife carried a hoe, and she was instructed 

 by Bull-Tongue how she should clear the grass and stubble from 

 the inside of the tipi. 

 (See Fig. 12.) She 

 cleared away the grass, 

 exposing the bare earth, 

 in a circular space 

 within the tipi. Around 

 the border of the tipi 

 to a breadth of about 

 three feet the grass was 

 allowed to remain. 

 Upon the grass she 

 spread fresh sage and 

 over the sage blankets 

 for the priests to sit 

 upon when in the tipi. Fig. 12. The cleared earth in the Lone-tipi. 



tribe. Thus he becomes a tribal benefactor and has much influence; and his opinions are held in 

 great respect. 



