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  flesche] 
  the 
  sacked 
  pole 
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  Legend 
  and 
  Description 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Pole 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Pole 
  was 
  finally 
  in 
  safe 
  keeping 
  it 
  seemed 
  very 
  important 
  

   to 
  secure 
  its 
  legend, 
  which 
  was 
  known 
  only 
  to 
  a 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga. 
  

   The 
  fear 
  inspired 
  by 
  the 
  Pole 
  was 
  such 
  that 
  it 
  seemed 
  as 
  though 
  it 
  

  

  Fig. 
  50. 
  Monchu'noobe 
  (Shu'dena?i). 
  

  

  would 
  be 
  impossible 
  to 
  gain 
  this 
  information, 
  but 
  the 
  desired 
  result 
  

   was 
  finally 
  brought 
  about, 
  and 
  one 
  summer 
  day 
  in 
  September, 
  1S8S, 
  

   old 
  Shu'denaci 
  (Smoked 
  Yellow; 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  of 
  the 
  

   IIo 
  n 
  'ga 
  gens), 
  figure 
  50, 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  Joseph 
  La 
  Flesche 
  to 
  

   tell 
  the 
  legend 
  of 
  his 
  people 
  treasured 
  with 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Pole. 
  Extracts 
  

   from 
  this 
  Sacred 
  Legend 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  given. 
  

  

  