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  TRIBAL 
  GOVERNMENT 
  203 
  

  

  there 
  is 
  no 
  material 
  return 
  but 
  through 
  which 
  honor 
  is 
  received). 
  

   Wathi 
  n 
  'ethe 
  stands 
  for 
  acts 
  and 
  gifts 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  directly 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  

   comfort 
  and 
  wealth 
  of 
  the 
  actor 
  or 
  donor, 
  but 
  which 
  have 
  relation 
  

   to 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  by 
  promoting 
  internal 
  order 
  and 
  peace, 
  

   by 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  keepers 
  (see 
  p. 
  212), 
  by 
  assuring 
  

   friendly 
  relations 
  with 
  other 
  tribes; 
  they 
  partook 
  therefore 
  of 
  a 
  

   public 
  rather 
  than 
  a 
  private 
  character, 
  and 
  while 
  they 
  opened 
  a 
  

   man's 
  way 
  to 
  tribal 
  honors 
  and 
  position, 
  they 
  did 
  so 
  by 
  serving 
  

   the 
  welfare 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  people. 
  Entrance 
  into 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  Ni'kagahi 
  

   xu'de 
  was 
  through 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  certain 
  wathi 
  n 
  ' 
  etlie 
  ; 
  in 
  this 
  

   instance 
  the 
  gifts 
  of 
  the 
  aspirant 
  were 
  made 
  solely 
  to 
  the 
  Seven 
  

   Chiefs. 
  

  

  The 
  election 
  of 
  members 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  Ni'kagahi 
  xu'de 
  took 
  

   place 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Ni'kagahi 
  sha'be 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  leaders 
  

   of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  gens 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  After 
  the 
  tribal 
  pipes 
  had 
  been 
  

   smoked 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  candidate 
  1 
  was 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  his 
  record 
  and 
  

   the 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  his 
  gifts 
  were 
  canvassed. 
  The 
  prescribed 
  

   articles 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  these 
  gifts 
  were 
  eagles, 
  eagle 
  war 
  bonnets, 
  

   quivers 
  (including 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows), 
  catlinite 
  pipes 
  with 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  stems, 
  tobacco 
  pouches, 
  otter 
  skins, 
  buffalo 
  robes, 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  shirts, 
  and 
  leggings. 
  In 
  olden 
  times, 
  burden-bearing 
  dogs, 
  

   tents, 
  and 
  pottery 
  were 
  given; 
  in 
  recent 
  times 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  

   replaced 
  by 
  horses, 
  guns, 
  blankets, 
  blue 
  and 
  red 
  cloth, 
  silver 
  medals. 
  

   and 
  copper 
  kettles. 
  It 
  is 
  noteworthy 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  raw 
  materials 
  used 
  

   in 
  construction, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  unmanufactured 
  articles 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  

   native 
  type, 
  were 
  such 
  as 
  required 
  of 
  the 
  candidate 
  prowess 
  as 
  a 
  

   hunter, 
  care 
  in 
  accumulating, 
  and 
  skilled 
  industry. 
  A 
  man 
  often 
  

   had 
  to 
  travel 
  far 
  to 
  acquire 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  articles, 
  and 
  be 
  exposed 
  

   to 
  danger 
  from 
  enemies 
  in 
  securing 
  and 
  bringing 
  them 
  home, 
  so 
  

   that 
  they 
  represented, 
  besides 
  industry 
  as 
  a 
  hunter, 
  bravery 
  and 
  

   skill 
  as 
  a 
  warrior. 
  Moreover, 
  as 
  upon 
  the 
  men 
  devolved 
  the 
  ardu- 
  

   ous 
  task 
  of 
  procuring 
  all 
  the 
  meat 
  for 
  food 
  and 
  the 
  pelts 
  used 
  to 
  make 
  

   clothing, 
  bedding, 
  and 
  tents, 
  and 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  common 
  medium 
  

   of 
  exchange 
  for 
  labor 
  in 
  the 
  tribe, 
  such 
  as 
  money 
  affords, 
  each 
  house- 
  

   hold 
  had 
  to 
  provide 
  from 
  the 
  very 
  foundation, 
  so 
  to 
  speak, 
  ever) 
  

   article 
  it 
  used 
  or 
  consumed. 
  It 
  will 
  therefore 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  persistent 
  

   work 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  aspiring 
  to 
  enter 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  chief 
  was 
  

   necessary, 
  as 
  he 
  must 
  not 
  only 
  provide 
  food 
  and 
  clothing 
  for 
  the 
  

   daily 
  use 
  of 
  his 
  family, 
  but 
  accumulate 
  a 
  surplus 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   leisure 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  articles 
  to 
  be 
  counted 
  as 
  wathi^etht 
  . 
  

   The 
  men 
  made 
  the 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows, 
  the 
  war 
  bonnets, 
  and 
  the 
  pipes; 
  

   the 
  ornamentation 
  was 
  the 
  woman's 
  task. 
  Her 
  deft 
  fingers 
  prepared 
  

   the 
  porcupine 
  quills 
  after 
  her 
  husband 
  or 
  brother 
  had 
  caught 
  the 
  

   wary 
  little 
  animals. 
  For 
  the 
  slow 
  task 
  of 
  dyeing 
  the 
  quills 
  and 
  

   embroidering 
  with 
  them 
  she 
  needed 
  a 
  house 
  well 
  stocked 
  with 
  food 
  

  

  