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the Lodge-maker's left hand, his palm being directed upward, the 

 same relative positions being maintained as with the sinews. The 

 assistant Chief Priest, still guiding the movement of the Lodge- 

 maker's right hand, caused him to take up the grasses one by one 

 by the outer ends and bring them around and put them under the 

 others, making five passes before each movement. Then the Lodge- 

 maker was directed, as before, to roll the grass into a little ball. 



The assistant Chief Priest cut off a small piece of tallow, which 

 he placed to the right of the bag of red paint. The Lodge-maker, 

 accompanied by the assistant Chief Priest, who guided his right 

 hand, the movement being the same as before and with the cus- 

 tomary five passes, took a pinch of paint from the bag and mixed it 

 with the tallow. Again he mixed some red paint and tallow. The 

 assistant Chief Priest then handed the sacred pipe to the Chief Priest, 

 who on the corner of the back of his buffalo robe wiped it carefully 

 four times, thus purifying the pipe, or person, as it may be consid- 

 ered, of. all impurities, and returned it to his assistant, who held it 

 upright by the side of the Lodge-maker. The Lodge-maker, having 

 rubbed the red paint tallow thoroughly between his palms, rubbed 

 his right hand up the stem twice and his left hand twice. He grasped 

 the stem firmly near the base with both hands and gave them a 

 circular motion, thus painting the stem red. He then moved up 

 the stem the distance of his two hands and again rubbed the stem 

 with a circular motion. Thus by four movements in all he com- 

 pletely painted the stem and bowl, and the pipe or person was ready 

 for the "new world."* Next he pressed his thumb upon the end 

 or rim of the bowl, then upon the tallow-coated charge of tobacco. 

 The assistant Chief Priest, without formality, replaced the pipe on 

 the cleared ground and handed the tamper to the Lodge-maker, 

 who drew it back and forth through his hands, painting it red. He 

 returned it to the assistant Chief Priest, who replaced it. The Chief 

 Priest handed to the Lodge-maker the five tying strings of the bundle, 

 which he drew through his hands, painting them red, and then he 

 handed them back to the Chief Priest, who placed them in a pile 

 in front of himself. 



The Second Earth. 



It was then time to form a new "earth." The assistant Chief 

 Priest with his right hand seized the right hand, palm downward, 

 of the Lodge-maker and directed it toward the ground in a circular 



•It was also symbolic of the fact that all had eaten buffalo, and hence should rise up. grow 

 and increase. 



