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One of the greatest Alabama Indians now remembered was 

 Kantcati Yahola (Alabama name TcTsoki), who was the hilis haya. 

 He was born in Alabama and came west with his tribe. He lived 

 nntil about 1866. 



The above plan and the three others I obtained in 191 2 and the 

 years immediately following (42d Ann. Rep., Bur. Amer. Ethnol., 

 pp. 263-264) show considerable minor variations but all agree in 

 locating the chiefs' bed in the east and the warriors' bed in the west. 

 Most of them also place the Bear and Panther clans in the latter 

 and the Wind, Aktayatci, and Deer in the former, where they are 

 noted at all. In allocating the clans the above informant agrees with 



P o 



PANTHER, 



BIRD, 

 TURKEY 



BEARER ^ 



(THE NORTH 

 E/VD ORIGI- 

 NALLY BELON 



6ED TO THE 

 BEAR UAN) 

 Q O 



A. 



B 



Chiefs' Bed : 

 Warriors' Bed 



<ClZS>^l<z2rr> 



Fig. 13. — Alabama square ground. 

 I, niiko (Wind) ; 2, heniha (Raccoon). 



RACCOON, 



Y-AHTAYATC/ 



O AND O 



ALLIOATOR 



the older ones except regarding the Panther which the men first 

 consulted asserted was Tciloki while it is here given as a White clan, 

 but this is a clan which has been placed on both sides. 



KASIHTA 



For the plan of Kashita square" ground, see Figure 14. 



There should be two hilis tcalaba, drawn from the Alligator clan, 

 but they are not employed now. Four hilis hoboia for the pasa, four 

 for the miko hoyanidja, and one tutka oktidldja are chosen by the 

 miko without reference to clan. There is no definite body of water 

 carriers. Two ta'palas are selected from any clan to serve just for 

 the night. They carry sticks called reels, and their function is to 

 invite the dance leaders to lead dances and see that all take part. 

 There is only one singer for the women's dance. Pie sits behind 

 the miko. 



