NO. 8 CREEK SQUARE GROUNDS S WANTON 27 



The medicine was pounded up just in front of the pots at the 

 north end of the chiefs' bed. 



The fire was brought from Alaljama in the great migration and 

 new fire was Hghted from it. They dug up the earth as deep as the 

 arm would reach, put the fire in there, and made the new fire on 

 top. This is the very spot at which they first placed their square 

 in Oklahoma and it has not been moved. The squares of the kindred 

 towns, Latogalga and Asilanabi, are not so old. 



There were two poles with feathers on the ends at each of the 

 front posts of the cabins all the way round. 



Atasa were borne by the two women who led in the women's dance. 



The tastanagis were law makers. They had charge of the rules 

 governing the taking of medicine and if anyone broke one of these 

 regulations they made him stay in the square ground all night without 

 eating instead of breaking his fast that evening as was usual. 



In the various beds of this square ground the " sons of the clan " 

 can sit with their fathers. 



The Hathagas and Tcilokis were the same as at Hilibi. 



Their principal opponents in the ball games years ago were the 

 Hilibi. 



This arrangement agrees substantially with that obtained by me 

 in 1912 (42d Ann. Rep., Bur. Amer. Ethnol., p. 234), the principal 

 difference being in the location of the Bear and Bird clans. My 

 earlier informants placed the Bird and Aktayatci in the middle of 

 the south cabin and the Bear at the east end of the same, while the 

 later ones said nothing of the Aktayatci but placed the Bird clan in 

 the southern section of the west cabin and the Bear clan in the center 

 of the south cabin, the sons of the Bear being located next to them 

 on the east. The arrangement of this square must be taken in 

 connection with the plans of f^alogalga and Asilanabi. 



LA?.OGAT,GA. OR FISH POND 



For a plan of this ground, sec h^igure S. 



The tutka oktididja is appointed every foiu" years l)ut always from 

 the Aktayatci clan. The hilis hoboia are chosen every four years and 

 ordinarily from the Aktayatci and Bear clans but this is not necessarily 

 the case. However, if one dies before his four years have expired 

 he is replaced by someone of his clan. The hilis hoboia also act as 

 the hilis tcalaba. 



Ta'palas are appointed onlv when needed. There are no special 

 water carriers, the hilis hoboia calling ni)on any boys for (his pnri)ose 

 whenever water is required. 



