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Fig. 192. — Nanih Waiya, the sacred hill of the Choctaw Indians, viewed from 

 the northwest. According to certain of their legends the ancestors of the tribe 

 came out from beneath the earth at this spot. The mound is artificial and evi- 

 dently bore the communal or ceremonial buildings of some town. 



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Fig. 193. — Beginning of the Women's Dance at the Square Ground of the 

 Okchai band of Creeks near Hanna, Oklahoma, taken from the cabin or arbor 

 of the chiefs on the west side of the square. 



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