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A STUDY UF SlUUAN CULTS. 



whicli i.s some-tiiucs called, sabf').-' "I^adi aina da"'ot<' ega- 



Hia father tlio pi. aub. iK-rliapM mo 



g^xai tO'di, ijiri'ge iiuiii i(fa*e(fa-baji ctewa"' i'ga" gaxe- 



did when his sou tlio pi. 



sub. 



(■'ga" 



thuy dill not liavt 

 visions of it 



they 



gaxai." That is, "When the tatheis 



ua"'-biaiii;'i, ada" 



usually iliil, they there- so he did 



say ' fore 



decorate their teats iu cousequeiire of their respective visitjiis, their 

 sons (who succeed them) usually imitate theiri (or dwell in the decor- 

 ated tents), even when they themselves have not had visions of the ob- 

 ects. Therefore he (1. e., Standing Hawk) did so." 



George ISIillcr told the following about jede-gahi or Fire Chief, 

 another soi: of jjC-sa" : 



Ci 6ga" jede-gi'ihi aka ugfi"'i wa;a"'be. Wata"'zilii :4i waja"'be 



Again so Fire Chief 



tlie he sat in 

 sub. it 



Corn-stalk painted I saw 

 on Ihe 

 tent 



^a"'ja, awatt'ga" ifai)alia"-maji ((•ai"'.ja, nikagahi ega" ega" ng(j'i"'i W. 



though of what sort I Imew not though chief like so lie sat in the 



(past 

 act) 



Wata"zi tfi'" cti waqu'be gaxai. Ki ci' ^jtSde-giihi ak.1 ta"'wa"g(fa" 



Corn the eol. too mysterious he made and again Fire Chief the gens 



ob. it snb. 



e^a amd Wajin'ga-(('atdji ama wahaba pahan'ga ju't'a" te'di (f-ata-baji 



lii8the]d. Bird eal not the pi. earofeorn first matures when they do not 



suit. sub. eat 



wahaba fi"', iiikaci"ga ama ua"'wape fate tai te'. (/^atai >ii, wahaba 



ear of corn the col. peoiile the pi. fear them they will tlie They if carofeorn 



ob. sub. eat (act) eat 



(fi"', wajin'ga fasni'" wejiuhai. InkL-sabf' akadi ctl ega" gaxe na"- 



thecol. bird devour they fear Shoulder black among too so make usu. 



ob. th'cm the ally 



biama 41 ng;i. Han'ga akadi cti ega" gaxe-na"'-biama 41 ugd. 



Ihey say leiil iiaiiiliir: Fcireioosl among too so make usu- they say tent painting. 



the 



ally 



This refers to Fig. 171, and may be thus 

 rendered: "And 1 have likewise seen the 

 tent of Fire Chief. It was decoi-ated witli 

 cornstalks, but 1 do not know the reason 

 for it. He dwelt in such a tent because 

 he was a chief. Corn was regarded as 

 "watpibe," mysterious. In the sub-gens 

 of Fire Chief, the \Vajiriga-((';itaji, or, those 

 who eat no small birds, the people feared 

 to eat the first ears of corn that matured, 

 lest the small birds (particularly bhick- 

 biids) shoidd come and devour the rest of 

 the crop. There was a similar tent decor- 

 ation in the Inke-sabe and Ilanga gentes." 

 rnstaik decoration of the £u tiig t'ormcr, it was used by Watjaga (see 

 § 53). The cornstalks and ears were green, 



the tips of the ears were black. There were two similar cornstalks on 



the back of the tent. 



i'lQ. 171.— Co 



tents of I'ire Chief and "\Vai|aga. 



