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Fig. 67. Sage-woman and the Lodge-maker's wife. 



the north, upside down. They placed their hands in the groove, 

 separated the second piece from the fifth, and threw it out in the same 

 manner, upside down, and so on until the four pieces forming the 

 outer area were thrown out. (See Fig. 66.) When these four pieces 



were all thrown out Sage- 

 Woman took the hands of 

 the Lodge-maker's wife 

 and caused her to make 

 four passes toward the first 

 piece and assisted her to 

 get it on the palms of her 

 hands. (See Fig. 67.) She 

 carried it, in stooping pos- 

 ture, into the lodge, walk- 

 ing slowly. There she was 

 directed to move it toward 

 the ground four times and 

 place it down south of the 

 skull. She returned to where 

 the priests had continued 

 to sit in a semi-circle, and 

 Fig. 68. The Lodge-maker's wife placing the sods, again with the assistance 



