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ceived the spittle on their hands in the usual manner from one or 

 another of the priests who had the authority to perform this rite. 

 Then the lines were reformed, 

 and as the wife of the Lodge- 

 maker raised the sacred pipe 

 in front of her, they sang the 

 first traditional song. At the 

 end of the song she again 

 raised the pipe aloft and the 

 warriors took hold of the pole, 

 shouted, and dragged the pole 

 forward a little, so that its 

 base rested nearer the pole. 

 Then the second song was 

 sung, the participants maintain- 

 ing the same relative position. 

 Again the Lodge-maker's wife 

 raised the pipe aloft, the war- 



i" k;. 54. Raising tiie center-pole. 



riors shouted and moved the pole slightly forward. The third song 

 followed in the same manner, and with the same action. Then began 

 the fourth song, at the end of which all shouted vociferously and 

 raised the pole until it was in an upright position, and then lowered it 

 into the hole. (See Plates XXXVIII. and XXXIX.. and Fig. 54.) 



Fig. 55. Completing the Sun Dance lodge. 



