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A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS. 



it 



i^a'e^a-biamiS, ada" ^uauin'ge gaxai te gatfi. j^ihuna" ^a''^^ bagcfejai 



he had a vision of therefore raiubow made it the that ub. Siuoke-hole at the painted in 

 him, they say (past [lart spots 



act) 



te, 6 u^af lia wa't'ijinga igaqfa" aka. Ma"'ciaja afi"' aki'i, a-biama. 



the that told it old woman his wife thesub. On high having had be said, 



(past him reached they say. 



act) there again 



E^a cti maja"' (J;t3 ega", a-biama. Qube'qtl gaxai uiafi"ga, Ma" 



There too land this like he said, they Very myste- they man there- 



say, nous made'hini fore 



■^i iigii te awattiga" g^xe ga^'^ai }[i, ga"' ega" gaxai. Bagf^jai 



tent painted the how to make he wished when at any so he made it. Made spotted 



rate by painting 



te masi 6 wakai te." 



he hail that it meant the (past 

 act). 



That is, " I mj'.self did not see him, but 

 I have heard what was tohl. They say 

 that he had a vision of the Thunder-be- 

 ing, so he made that raiubow which ap- 

 pears in the figure (Fig. 167). The okl 

 woman, his widow, has told that he 

 painted the top of the tent, near the 

 smoke-hole, in .spots. They say that he 

 said that the Thunder-being had carried 

 liim up on high, and that the place there 

 resembled this world. The man was re- 

 garded as very mysterious; therefore he 

 decorated his tent according to the 

 pattern that he wished to make. The 

 painted spots represent hail." Many years ago, Nikuf ibij-a" said that 



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Fig. 167.— Aii.itlM I lent c,f >,'ikui(ibifa°. 



i'la. jut.— iiiauket ol L'u^a-iii;i''tii'>. 



he had beeu carried up into the world above this one, and th.at he found 



