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toward the sack, took it up slowly, and moved it toward the newly 

 formed "earth." Then, with four lowering motions, he rested it on 

 the earth and opened it. It contained herbs of some sort, to be used 

 for thurifying. The Chief Priest tied up the bundle and the assist- 

 ant Chief Priest placed it on the south side of the sack. 



The Rehearsal. 



There now followed a pause, during which time the priests talked 

 and smoked informally, awaiting the time when the Crier should call 

 the members of the Dew-claw Rattle society to come to the tipi to 

 rehearse. The Lodge-maker got a live coal, and placed it in the 

 center of the cleared space. He knelt in front of the Chief Priest, 

 turned away his head, and closed his eyes, while the Chief Priest 

 touched his finger to the ground, then to his tongue, took a bite of 

 root, and spat upon the Lodge-maker's hands five times. The Lodge- 

 maker rubbed the palms of his hands together and rubbed himself. 

 He knelt on the south side of the skull and in front of the Chief Priest. 

 The stick was passed by him to the Chief Priest, and with it he 

 placed the coal on the "earth" or wallow, which, as will be remem- 

 bered, was made under the tip of the jaw of the skull. He then made 

 five passes toward the bag, and from it took a pinch of incense, which 

 he placed on the coal, first making a downward movement four 

 times. He then sat down in his accustomed place. This was the 

 last formal rite of the evening. Shortly after the Dew-claw warriors 

 entered the tipi, where they spent the greater part of the night in 

 informally rehearsing songs. 



THE FOURTH DAY. 



Before beginning the account of the secret rites in the Lone- 

 tipi, which in the ceremony of 1903 took place on July 14th, it 

 may again be noted that all the rites about to be described, and 

 which took place on that day, should have taken place on the pre- 

 ceding day. 



SECRET RITES IN THE LONE-TIPI 



Early in this morning a rawhide, folded like a parfiesh, the skin 

 of a rabbit recently killed and which had been brought from the 

 Northern Cheyenne, a bowl of lime paint, a long strip of sinew, and 

 ten pipes were taken into the tipi. The rites began at about six 

 o'clock in the morning, and the same priests, with one or two ex- 

 ceptions, were present as during the rites of the preceding day. 



