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the bundle, while the other priest took up the objects which 

 they had brought with them from the lodge. They followed the wo- 

 man into the lodge (see PI. XL. and Fig. 57) and placed the objects 

 by the side of the skull. The long-handled fire-spoon was placed 

 about three feet south of the skull. Big-Baby and another priest re- 

 moved the sage head-dress from the Lodge-maker and his wife. 

 They also removed from the latter the belt, thus loosening the buffalo 

 robe which she had gathered over her shoulders. The belt was placed 

 by the side of the skull on the east side, and the sage wreaths were 

 placed at the foot of the center-pole. 



EVENING RITES IN THE SUN DANCE LODGES. 



Rehearsal and Informal Smoking. 



In the mean time a big crowd of women and children had gathered, 

 and one of the warrior societies had assembled in the southeast of 

 the lodge around a large drum. (See Fig. 58.) This place, it may 

 be mentioned, was hereafter occupied by the musicians, including 

 the drummers and singers. The priests had gathered in a circle 

 south and west of the skull, where they engaged in informal smoking. 

 During this time the Lodge-maker sat in front of Big-Baby, who 

 took a bunch of sage and rubbed it upon those portions of the Lodge- 

 maker's body which had been painted black. Black-Man, the priest 

 who had painted the wife of the Lodge-maker, performed the same 

 office for her. The Lodge-maker took the bunches of sage which 

 had been used in this operation and placed them upon the wreaths 



Fig. 58. Musicians within the Sun Dance lodge. 



