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THE GHOST-DANCE RELIGION 



[ETH. ANN. 14 



of their sins, after which certain persons appointed for the purpose 

 gave each penitent several strokes with a rod of hickory, according to 

 the gravity of his offense. [Allis, 1.) 



Through the kindness of Mr C. II. Bartlett, of South Bend, Indiana, 

 the United States National Museum has recently come into possession 



Fig. 62 — Oasawkie. 



of one of these prayer-sticks. The stick, of which plate lxxxvi gives 

 a good idea, is of maple, a little more than 12 inches in length, _,',.. 

 inches in its greatesl width, and three-eighths of an inch thick. It is 

 said to have been painted a bright red on one side and a vivid green 

 on the other. The paint has now disappeared, however, leaving bare 



