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same time the teachers give him some calico to pay him for his 

 trouble. When the standards are completed, the old man says : 

 " O Hanka and Cheezhoo, as you have paid me, take the stand- 

 ards quickly !" The Cheezhoo teacher takes his in his left hand, 



Fig. 3. — Battle standards. 



and the Haiika extends the right hand for his standards. Then 

 they lay down the standards before them. 



Then the general war tent of the tribe (Figs. 2 and 4) is erected 

 at C, facing the west, the place of honor being at the rear, towards 

 the east. 



All the principal men of each side, including the head men of 

 the gentes, who are a sort of priests, meet in the war tent, C. 

 There the drum beats. At the rear of the tent are seated the 

 principal old men, one for each gens. The two mourners are 

 still outside. By and by the mourners are brought into the tent, 

 in which there is no fire. The two bags containing the war pipes 

 are hung on their necks. 



For this occasion two war bags are made of the feathers and 

 skins of war eagles by some of the old men. These bags are 

 now brought into the tent by the teachers, who present tliem to 

 the mourners. The old men who made the bags now choose two 

 or three men for each mourner, to act as Wa-sha'-pe wa'-shu- 



