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fashion ("threw it on him"), whereupon the Lodge-maker extended his 

 left hand, palm upward, in front of the assistant Chief Priest. The 

 latter grasped with his right hand the right hand of the Lodge- 

 maker and directed it toward the sinew. At the second pass the 

 Lodge-maker picked up one of the pieces of sinew and laid it across 

 the palm of his left hand, the movement being guided by the hand 

 of the assistant Chief Priest, who continued his grasp of the Lodge- 

 maker's right hand. In this manner the five pieces of sinew were 

 picked up and placed in the palm of his left hand, the following 

 disposition being made of them: First, one toward the tip of his 

 fingers, then one toward the base of his hand, another toward the 

 tip of his fingers, but inside the first one; the fourth one toward 

 the base, but inside the second one. Thus there was an open space 

 between these two pairs. The fifth sinew was placed in this space, 

 equidistant from the two pairs. Continuing to direct the move- 

 ment of the Lodge-maker, the assistant Chief Priest caused his 

 right hand to be guided to the outer side of his left hand, where 

 five passes were made and the sinews were doubled over by bringing 

 them forward one at a time, after which he slowly closed his hands. 

 Then the Lodge-maker, under the assistant Chief Priest's guidance, 

 rolled the sinew with his thumb into a tiny pellet. The large piece 

 of sinew from which these five fibers had been taken was then placed 

 on the bundle. The assistant Chief Priest made five passes toward 

 the bowl of the pipe, picked it up, held it in front of him, and cleaned 

 it with the tamper, the Lodge-maker holding the sinew in his right 

 hand. Then the sinew, representing the buffalo which nourishes 

 the people, was put in and pressed half-way down with the plain 

 tamper. Then, upon this, a little pellet of sweet-grass was placed 

 in the pipe by the assistant Chief Priest and he returned the bowl 

 to its accustomed position on the cleared space. 



The assistant Chief Priest with both hands took up the tobacco 

 bag, which he passed to the Lodge-maker. The latter gathered 

 about himself his buffalo robe, and taking the corner of it, spread 

 it out at his left hand, and upon this placed two pinches of tobacco 

 which he took from the bag. The assistant Chief Priest made five 

 motions toward the bowl and picked it up. He took the right hand 

 of the Lodge-maker in his and made a circular motion signify- 

 ing the round earth or whole world, and four passes toward the 

 tobacco. At the fifth movement the Lodge-maker took a pinch of 

 the tobacco, circled it over the bowl, and moved five times toward 

 the bowl and dropped the tobacco in. He again circled his hand 

 over the tobacco once and toward it four times, took up another 



