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left the tipi and returned with some live coals, which he placed in 

 the center of the cleared space. The assistant Chief Priest reached 

 toward the skull, moved his hand four times and picked up the 

 sack containing the incense, which he tied up in a bundle. Then, 

 with four more passes, he picked up the sacred bundle and placed 

 it back of the buffalo skull, first moving it four times toward the 

 "earth." The bundle was so placed that the stem of the pipe was 

 pointing toward the south. A large bundle of fresh, long swamp 



Fig. 23. Diagram of Lodge-maker's robe. 



grass was brought into the lodge and placed by the side of the assistant 

 Chief Priest and between him and the bundle. Red-Cloud and 

 Black-Man had their hands prepared by the Chief Priest, and then 

 the preparation of the objects to be used in the afternoon and on 

 the following morning began in earnest. 



The Woman's Belt. 



Cedar-Tree took the rawhide outside the tipi in order to straighten 

 it out, for, on account of its having been folded, it could not be 

 opened. Having straightened the rawhide he returned with it, and, 

 making four motions toward it, cut a belt for the woman. (See 



