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this point Iron-Shirt, a famous Cheyenne warrior who probably 

 holds the longest coup record in the tribe to-day, related the usual 

 war story attendant upon the building of the fire. Sage-Woman 

 took the two hands of the Lodge-maker's wife in hers and made the 

 usual four passes, and the latter took up one of the two plum-trees (see 

 Fig 73), and inserted it in the first of the two holes on the south side 



of the altar. 



t4'l^|yfi|!l^ll^^^^''^''^tl^^i^HHHii With like move- 

 ments , and being 

 similarly direct- 

 ed, she oicked 

 up one of the 

 cottonwoods 

 and placed it in 

 the second of the 

 two holes on 

 the south. With 

 similar move- 

 ments the sec- 

 ond plum-tree 

 was placed in 

 the first hole on 

 the north side of 

 the altar and 

 then the second 

 Cottonwood in 

 the second hole 

 (See Fig. 74.) 



The symbol- 

 ism of the bushes 

 with red berries has been noted. The plum bushes are symbolic of 

 vegetation in general, especially of all herbs, etc., which are good for 

 medicinal use. The cottonwoods are symbolic of all large vegetation, 

 especially of timber useful for fire, etc. "In the Lone-tipi they made 

 things as if they were going to come. Now things are coming to pass." 



The Dry Sand Painting. 



One of the priests entered the lodge with a bag of sand which 

 Black-Man emptied by the side of the excavation, whereupon those 

 who were to take part in the dry sand painting to be made in the 

 excavation had their hands prepared by the Chief Priest. They 

 gathered around the excavation and one of them removed from it 



Fig. 74. Lodge-maker's wife completing altar foliage. 



