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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 8^ 



In the women's dance there is but one leader who carries a notched 

 «tick called atasa, the old name of the war club, from the middle 

 of which depends an eagle feather. 



Besides the invariable miko hoyanidja or " red root," the busk 

 medicine contained tutka hiliswa ("fire medicine"), wllana 

 (" wormseed "), tutka-tcok-hissi (a place on the ground where wood 

 has been burned and moss has sprung up), and hobaga (" maypop "). 



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Fig. 2. — The square ground of Otciapofa, or Hickory Ground. 



A. Chiefs' Bed: i, miko (Beaver) ; 2, miko apokta (Beaver) ; 3, hilis ha3'a 

 (any clan; at present Wind); 4, hilis tcalaba (changed every 4 years; now 

 Beaver). 



B. Henihas' Bed. 



C. Warriors' Bed. 



5, medicine pots (ist position); 6, medicine pot for boys (2d position); 7, 

 medicine pot for woman (2d position) ; 8, log on which medicines were laid 

 and macerated with a small wooden pounder ; 9, place where medicines were kept ; 

 10, point where women gathered preparatory to their dance; 11, point where 

 women made a final stop before entering to dance ; 12, where the ashes from 

 the central fire were deposited every year; 13, sweepings from the square ground 

 (tadjo) ; 14, ball post. 



As usual, the doctor perfected this medicine by blowing into it 

 through a hollow reed. Two men took medicine at the same time, 

 using gourd dippers. After all were through a dipper ful was poured 

 on the fire. 



For a drum they use a stout jar and there are two coconut-shell 

 rattles. 



There is a line of tadjo . (sweepings) around the four cabins but 

 it does not include the ball post. In playing the single pole game a 



