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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 85 



the Panther clan. This is explained by the fact that the Panther 

 was anciently considered a White clan and later came to be regarded 

 as Tciloki. 



OKCHAI 



Figure 7 shows the arrangement of this square and Plate 4, Figure 

 I, shows a view of it taken in winter. 



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-Arrangement of square ground of Okchai. 



A. Chiefs' Bed: i, miko (Raccoon formerly; Bear in 1929); 2, heniha 

 (Deer); 3, yatika (Deer formerly; Wind in 1929); 4, hilis haya ; 5, ta'pala 

 (any clan) ; 6, hilis tcalaba (Bird) ; 7, tutka oktididja (Wind). 



B. Henihas' Bed: 8, ta'pala (any clan); 9, hilis hoboia ; 10, yahaikas (any 

 clan). 



C. Warriors' Bed. 



D'. Youths' Bed: 11, oidjawa (any clan). 



12, medicine pots; 13, medicine pot for boys; 14, medicine pot for women; 

 15, point where women assemble preparatory to their dance; 16, point where 

 women start dancing; 17, ashes of previous fires; 18, woodpile; 19, ball posts; 

 20, a spring lies in this direction. 



The hilis tcalaba, ta'pala, and tutka oktididja changed every four 

 years. The hilis haya was reappointed every four years. 



Wiley Buckner, an old informant of mine, was the former yatika. 

 The tutka oktididja in 1929 was Hotalgi Miko. 



