May, 1905. 



The Cheyenne — Dorsey. 



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The Assembling of the Lone-Tipi Priest. 



Shortly after this, and still early in the afternoon, the Lodge- 

 maker left his tipi and went to the Lone-tipi, where he was joined 

 by several former Sun Dance 

 priests. (See Fig. 13.) Among 

 those first arriving were Blue, the 

 Chief Priest, and Bull-Tongue, 

 who had already purchased the 

 office of Crier. They began to 

 smoke informally, and in the mean 

 time other priests entered the tipi. 

 There were then present, sitting in 

 a circle about the tipi, and begin- 

 ning at the side east of the door, 

 the following: Bull-Tongue, Lone- 

 Wolf, the Lodge-maker, the Chief 

 Priest, Porcupine Sioux, who had 

 been selected by Blue as assistant 

 Chief Priest, Mud-Man, Red-Cloud, 

 Black-Man, Deafy, Cedar-Tree, 

 Good-Bear, Blow-Away, Little- 

 Hawk, and Turtle-following-his- 

 Wife. The Lodge-maker, the Chief 

 Priest, and the assistant Chief Priest sat at the east side of the tipi, 

 and had the cleared space in front of and on the west of them. 



Fig. 13. 



A priest on his way to the 

 Lone-tipi. 



The Pipe Tamper and Cleaner. 



While the priests were smoking informally the assistant Chief 

 Priest took up the dog-wood sticks, which had been brought into 

 the tipi by Little-Hawk, decorticated them, cut them of equal length, 

 and fashioned them into pipe tampers. When he had concluded, 

 he placed them on the cleared space by the side of the sacred 

 bundle, which had been brought into the tipi by the Lodge-maker. 

 Presently, at the suggestion of the Chief Priest, the Lodge-maker 

 plucked from his buffalo robe several bits of wool, which he passed 

 to the assistant Chief Priest. The Lodge-maker passed in front of 

 the assistant Chief Priest and knelt down in front of the Chief 

 Priest, closed his eyes, turned away his head, and extended the palms 

 of his hands in front of the face of the Chief Priest. The Chief 

 Priest touched his finger to the ground, put it to his tongue, took a 



