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yewi, and the other officers, then takes his seat. The seating arrange- 
ment on this occasion is indicated in figure 26. 
The War chief opens the meeting. Then cacique talks. He asks 
the heads of societies for their permission to go before them with a re- 
quest. The head nawai (it would be the head of the Flint society one 
year, the head of Koshairi the next), speaking for all, grants him 
permission. 'Tiamunyi then asks one of the tcraikatsi to distribute 
the strings of meat to the heads of societies. Tcraikatsi places one 
- string of meat before each nawai except the head one; instead of giving 
him one, be gives it to tiamunyi. Tiamunyi takes the string, goes to 
the head nawai, sits down before him, and then, as both tiamunyi 
and the head nawai grasp the string of rabbits or rats, the tiamunyi 
makes a little speech. He tells nawai about how they are going to 
have kacaidime, and soon. At the conclusion of his talk he gives the 
nawal ianyi (‘‘blessing’”’). Then the head nawai talks: ‘about how 
they are going to have kacaidime.”’ Then each nawai down the 
line talks, holding his string of meat before him. 
When all of the society heads have spoken, tiamunyi gets up and 
resumes his place among the tcraikatsi and other officers. The War 
chief then talks, giving the nawai ianyi and encouragement. The 
governor then addresses the nawai. Sometimes the fiscales talk. The 
leader of the society heads now addresses the officers, “giving tia- 
munyi, the tcraikatsi and all the other officers encouragement and 
ianyl.”’ Each nawai in turn makes a similar speech. The meeting 
lasts from about 7:30 or 8 p.m. to 1 or 2 o’clock in themorning. At 
last, when everyone has spoken, the Tiamunyi dismisses the nawai. 
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Ficure 26.—Meeting in hotcanitsa: Kacaipime. 
