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  OF 
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  was 
  called 
  temo 
  n 
  'ge. 
  The 
  meat 
  between 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  ribs 
  and 
  the 
  

   breast 
  was 
  called 
  tezhu'. 
  There 
  were 
  two 
  portions 
  of 
  this 
  cut, 
  which 
  

   were 
  considered 
  very 
  choice. 
  These 
  were 
  the 
  pieces 
  that 
  were 
  offered 
  

   at 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  Anointing 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Pole 
  and 
  were 
  tabu 
  to 
  the 
  

   Waxthe'xeto" 
  subgens 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga, 
  who 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  these 
  rites. 
  

   Next, 
  the 
  ribs 
  were 
  severed 
  from 
  the 
  backbone; 
  the 
  ribs 
  from 
  both 
  

   sides 
  made 
  one 
  portion, 
  which 
  was 
  called 
  tethi'ti. 
  The 
  tongue 
  was 
  

   last 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  out; 
  this 
  was 
  secured 
  by 
  making 
  an 
  incision 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  underjaw, 
  pulling 
  the 
  tongue 
  through 
  the 
  slit 
  and 
  then 
  

   cutting 
  it 
  off 
  at 
  the 
  roots. 
  If 
  it 
  was 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  day, 
  or 
  the 
  hunters 
  

   were 
  in 
  haste, 
  the 
  tongue 
  was 
  left 
  untouched. 
  When 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   writers 
  commented 
  on 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  so 
  dainty 
  a 
  part, 
  she 
  was 
  answered: 
  

   "Men 
  do 
  not 
  pay 
  attention 
  to 
  these 
  little 
  delicacies 
  but 
  when 
  their 
  

   children 
  ask 
  for 
  them, 
  the 
  men 
  remember." 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  and 
  their 
  graded 
  

   values 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Tezhu' 
  — 
  side 
  meat; 
  2 
  portions. 
  

  

  2. 
  Tezhe'ga 
  — 
  hind 
  quarters; 
  2 
  portions. 
  

  

  3. 
  Tethi'ti 
  — 
  ribs; 
  2 
  portions. 
  

  

  4. 
  U'gaxetha 
  — 
  includes 
  the 
  stomach, 
  beef 
  tallow, 
  and 
  intestines; 
  1 
  portion. 
  

  

  5. 
  Teno 
  n 
  'xahi 
  — 
  back; 
  includes 
  muscles 
  and 
  sinew; 
  1 
  portion. 
  

  

  6. 
  Temo°ge 
  — 
  the 
  breast; 
  1 
  portion. 
  

  

  7. 
  Tea' 
  — 
  forequarters; 
  2 
  portions. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  killed 
  the 
  animal 
  belonged 
  the 
  hide 
  and 
  one 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  tezhu' 
  and 
  the 
  brains. 
  Whether 
  hehad 
  more 
  or 
  not 
  depended 
  on 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  who 
  were 
  helping. 
  If 
  there 
  were 
  only 
  three 
  helpers, 
  

   their 
  portions 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  To 
  the 
  first 
  helper 
  to 
  arrive, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   tezhu' 
  and 
  a 
  hind-quarter; 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  comer, 
  the 
  u'gaxetha; 
  to 
  the 
  

   third, 
  the 
  ribs. 
  The 
  various 
  portions 
  were 
  adjusted 
  by 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   the 
  animal. 
  Each 
  helper 
  received 
  something 
  for 
  his 
  services. 
  It 
  

   sometimes 
  happened 
  that 
  eight 
  or 
  ten 
  men 
  helped, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  all 
  

   the 
  cuts 
  were 
  required. 
  If 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  men 
  butchered 
  an 
  animal 
  in 
  

   the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  hunter, 
  when 
  they 
  finished 
  the 
  work 
  each 
  man 
  took 
  

   his 
  proper 
  portions 
  and 
  left 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  killed 
  

   the 
  game. 
  When, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  hunter 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  animal 
  

   he 
  had 
  shot, 
  he 
  might 
  find 
  it 
  flayed 
  and 
  cut 
  up 
  and 
  his 
  portions 
  

   lying 
  on 
  the 
  hide 
  awaiting 
  him. 
  Prominent 
  men 
  did 
  not 
  do 
  the 
  butch- 
  

   ering. 
  This 
  work 
  was 
  performed 
  by 
  the 
  poor 
  or 
  by 
  young 
  men, 
  who 
  

   thus 
  secured 
  food 
  or 
  choice 
  bits. 
  Should 
  a 
  chief 
  or 
  the 
  son 
  of 
  a 
  chief 
  

   appear 
  on 
  the 
  scene 
  when 
  butchering 
  was 
  in 
  progress, 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  

   allowed 
  the 
  choice 
  of 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  animal. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  intestine 
  was 
  disentangled 
  by 
  the 
  men, 
  stripped 
  between 
  

  

  the 
  fingers, 
  and 
  its 
  contents 
  were 
  thrown 
  away. 
  Then 
  it 
  was 
  handed 
  

  

  over 
  to 
  the 
  women 
  to 
  be 
  prepared 
  for 
  cooking. 
  They 
  turned 
  it 
  

  

  inside 
  out, 
  washed 
  it, 
  and 
  turned 
  it 
  back, 
  being 
  careful 
  not 
  to 
  disturb 
  

  

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