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on the medicine-arrow bundle. These sticks are about eighteen 

 inches long by one-half inch in diameter, pointed at one end so that 

 they may be put into the ground. Every stick is painted red. They 

 are called "chief sticks." 



After they take this bundle of "chief sticks" into the chief's 

 lodge and place it in the center, the lodge becomes sacred. The old 

 chiefs seat themselves again inside the lodge and direct the four 

 assistant Arrow-Keepers to open the chief's bundle and take the 

 sticks out. These four men sit at the front inside of the lodge. 

 They take each red stick and name it to represent one of the new 

 chiefs. They stand these in a row, first in front of the four medi- 

 cine-men. See Plate III. When they place these in the ground 

 in a row, then all of the old chiefs elect five good men to represent the 

 five bands of Cheyenne whose camps come in this order in the circle, 

 beginning at the right end of the circle, see Plate IV., as follows: 

 Aorta band, Hairy-Men band, Scabby band, Half-Cheyenne band, 

 Dog-Men band. The old chiefs proceed to the first or Aorta band. 

 They get their man and bring him direct to the lodge in the center 

 of the circle. They take him into the lodge and place him at the 

 right end of the council circle which represents the whole camp. 

 After he is seated they take one of the red sticks and stand it up 

 directly in front of him. See Plate V. All the old chiefs go 

 out together to get these new chiefs, except the four medicine-men, 

 who give them directions. They proceed to get the next man from 

 the Hairy-Men's band, but when he goes into the lodge he is seated 

 about two-fifths of the distance from the Aorta man on the same 

 side of the circle. They also put one red stick into the ground 

 in front of this man. Then they omit the third or Scabby band. 

 They proceed to the fourth or Half-Cheyenne band and get a man 

 from that band and bring him and place him opposite the second 

 man, the representative of the Hairy-Men's band, in the lodge. 

 They also put up a red stick in front of him. Then they go out to 

 the fifth or Dog-Men band, select a man and bring him to the lodge. 

 They take him in and place him at the left end of the council circle 

 opposite the first or Aorta man. They also put a red stick into the 

 ground in front of him. Then they go to the third or Scabby band. 

 After they get a man from this band they bring him to the lodge and 

 take him inside and place him between the representative of the 

 Hairy-Men's band and the Half-Cheyenne band; thus he sits oppo- 

 site the door or entrance of the lodge. They also put up a red 

 stick in front of him. After these five men, who represent the 

 five bands, are seated, all the old chiefs, except the four medicine- 



