May, 1905. 



The Cheyenne — Dorsey. 



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l-'i{.. 72. Ludgc-maker's wife picking up the digging stick. 



four saplings which had just been brought in. She made the first 

 hole at the southeast, the next at the southwest, at the northwest, 

 and at the northeast of the skull, each hole being just outside the 

 semi-circle, and corresponding in position with the first four bushes. 

 She laid aside the digging stick and without further formality took 

 up an iron bar and proceeded to deepen and enlarge the holes. At 



Fig. 73. Lodge-maker's wife with the altar foliage. 



