44 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 85 



The yatika and hilis haya may be selected from any clan, the former 

 being chosen for his oratorical gifts. 



There is now no liemha. The last they had went to live with the 

 Creeks and did not come back. 



Two ta'palas are used in the women's dance and hold their position 

 for four years. Other ta'palas are chosen temporarily for the other 

 dances. In the stomp dances they change these ta'palas several times 

 during the night. 



There are four hilis hoboia taken from the west, north, and south 

 cabins but from any clan. They keep their positions as long as they 

 choose to serve. 



There is one tutka didja who can be of any clan. 



Five or six boys bring water to the ground. 



The two leaders among the women carry atasa which are painted 

 with white clay annually just before the dance. Women do not take 

 the wllana internally; they merely wet their faces and other parts 

 of their bodies with it. The boys use only the miko hoyanidja. 



The ashes of the old fire are removed from the square and the 

 new fire lighted on the morning of the fast day. 



The Hathagas are the Bear, Bird, Beaver, Wind, Otter and Skunk ; 

 the rest are Tcilokis. The Bird and Beaver belonged in one phratry, 

 and so did the Wind, Otter and Skunk ; the Alligator and Turkey ; 

 and the Aktayatci, Kapitca, and Snake. 



The name of the present miko is Nokos Miko, and his father 

 belonged to the Deer clan. The last henlha was named Heniha Miko, 

 and his father was of the Bear clan. The busk name of the yatika 

 (my informant) is Pahosa Tastanagi ; his father belonged to the 

 Aktayatci, and his father's father to the Bear. 



They have a ball post surmounted by a wooden fish. A hit on this 

 fish counts 4, and on the post above a certain mark 2. There have 

 been no regular match games between towns in the lifetime of my 

 informant, but about two years ago the old men and the young men 

 played against each other. 



The above plan of the Ochesee ground agrees closely, naturally 

 enough, with that which I obtained from the man whose advice was 

 particularly resorted to in reestablishing it some years ago (42d Ann. 

 Rep., Bur. Amer. Ethnol., p. 283), for in 1912 it had been given up. 

 The main difl^erences are in the seating of the Potato and Alligator 

 clans. In the matter of the moieties the only change is in the case 

 of the Raccoon clan, which T previously set down as White. This is so 

 exceptional, however, that I have always believed that T must have 

 misunderstood mv informant. 



