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The two leaders among the women carry atasa, that held by the 

 first being colored red, that by the second white. 



One of the two medicine pots contains pasa; the other the miko 

 hoyanidja along with wllana, tutka hiliswa (" fire medicine "), which 



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Fig. 8. — The square ground of Latogalga, or Fish Pond. 



A. Chiefs' Bed: i, miko (Raccoon); 2, heniha (or 2d chief) (Wind); 3. 

 asimbonaia or 3'atika (head speaker, drawn from any clan) ; 4, hi lis haj'a (any 

 clan) ; 5, hilis hoboia. 



B. Citizens' Bed (Tasikaialgi intupa) ; 6, yahaikas (no fixed clan). 



C. Warriors' Bed: 7, tutka oktididja (Aktayatci). 



8, medicine pots; 9, boys' medicine; 10, point where women assembled pre- 

 paratory to the dance. 



grows in wet places in swamps and has red flowers, tcato hatkutci 

 (four "little white rocks"), and tutka-tcok-hissi (green moss from 

 an old fireplace). 



If one has eaten new roasting ears he is given a little pasa root 

 to chew and then a little pasa in cold water of which he must take 

 four drinks. Then he can take all of the medicines like the others. 



