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in front of himself. The Lodge-maker moved up by the side of the 

 assistant Chief Priest and the Chief Priest prepared his hands as 

 before and he wrapped one of the two sticks in the buffalo wool. 



The Fourth Earth. 



They formed the earth anew, as on the preceding day, making a 

 circular motion first, then five motions down, the first being to the 

 .southeast, the fifth in the center. The assistant Chief Priest took 

 up the pipe, and placed it by the side of the new-formed earth, and 

 by its side the two cleaners, the one bearing the buffalo wool being 

 next the pipe. The Lodge-maker took up the coal which he had 

 dropped at random on the cleared space when he brought it in, and 

 placed it by the end of the pipe stem. The assistant Chief Priest 

 picked up the pipe and pointed the stem toward the earth, he lighted 

 the pipe, took a few whiffs, made a circular motion with the stem of 

 the pipe over the "earth" and one pass with t^ie stem toward the 

 "earth," smoked and handed the pipe to the Lodge-maker, who had 

 resumed his seat next to the door on the south side. He smoked, 

 first pointing the stem to the ground ; then the pipe was passed 

 around the circle until it was smoked out, and was passed to the 

 assistant Chief Priest, who cleaned it and put it down. After clean- 

 ing it he stood it up and moved it toward the Lodge-maker four 

 times, whereupon the latter grasped it with both hands and took it 

 to his body, where he pressed it on his right side, then on his left, 

 then on his right, then on his left, and then along the median line of 

 his body ; he then rubbed his hands over it and laid it down, then took 

 it up and filled it, and passed it back to the assistant Chief Priest. 



The Sacrifice and Feast. 



The Lodge-maker gave the assistant Chief Priest a piece of meat 

 from the feast which had been brought in. The latter tore off a small 

 bit and handed it to the Lodge-maker, who raised it aloft, and then 

 deposited it under the two pipe-cleaners, and pressed his palms over 

 them and the pipe. The Lodge-maker's wife entered and squatted 

 down in front of the Chief Priest. He took up a piece of meat from 

 the bowl of food in front of him, touched his finger to the ground, 

 and put it to his tongue, took a bite of root, spat upon the meat five 

 times, and gave it to the Lodge-maker's wife. She moved it toward 

 her mouth four times, then ate it, and drank some water. She left 

 the lodge. The Lodge-maker went up and received a piece of meat 

 from the Chief Priest in the same manner, then the food was distribu- 



