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Wind were of the same " class." Under the present law they can all 

 marry outside of third cousins. 



The Kasihta defeated the Coweta three times in the ball game, 

 the last time in 1878, and after that they took them under their 

 jurisdiction and they have played on the same side. 



Comparison of the plan of the new Kasihta with the plans of the 

 earlier grounds secured by Gatschet and myself ( 42d Ann. Rep.. Bur. 

 Amer. Ethnol., pp. 266-268) shows that the old order has been fairly 

 well maintained allowing for the disappearance of some clans, 

 particularly the Fish clan. Incidentally I wish to correct an erroneous 

 statement in my report in which I misquoted Gatschet to the effect 

 that the Kasihta miko belonged to the Alligator clan. While the 

 Alligator clan occupied half of the chiefs' cabin, the miko himself 

 has always been taken from the Bear and was stated to have been 

 so by Gatschet. The allocation of clans to the moieties by my recent 

 informants contains a number of difficulties, for they seem to have 

 ])laced the Bear among the Tciloki, wdiich is unlikely, especially as 

 it was said to belong to the same " class " as the Alligator and Wind. 

 My own earlier authorities also classed the Beaver and Deer as 

 Tciloki. 



The following information will be interesting to those who wish 

 to study acculturation processes in intangibles. It was told me by 

 the Indian considered best able to speak for the town. 



The original four cabins represented the New Jerusalem with its 12 gates. 

 The busk goes back to the time when Jacob set up the altar at Bethel and is 

 traced from him and his 12 sons. All of the Indians in America entered in two 

 migrations, one at the time of Jacob (1500-2000 B. C.) and the second 600 years 

 later, at the time when Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar. Then 

 they talked face to face with the Great Spirit because they were more obedient 

 to God than any other tribe, but about 700 years after the Alessiah they got 

 away from the original law on account of desire for riches. Then they lost the 

 old law and asked for a new government, and by holding a ceremony in mid- 

 summer, in the month of July, it was given to them. That new law taught 

 them to tell the truth and be honest with their fellowmen and to raise their chil- 

 dren in such obedience, not to touch anything that did not belong to them, not 

 to make a false statement. That is the law which we are trying to follow. 



He added: 



We have a hard time because the white men have failed to fulfill their part 

 of the agreement. They have strong laws that we can't begin to understand and 

 our customs are about choked out through grafters who claim to have bought the 

 claims of the allottees on which our squares are located. In order to hold their 

 grounds several towns have to pay rent year after year. If the law makers 

 would cooperate with us and give us full privileges we would raise more sub- 

 stantial, law-abiding young men and young women. That was the custom and 

 the wish of our forefathers. 



