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  Another 
  act 
  that 
  could 
  be 
  counted 
  as 
  wathi 
  n 
  'ethe 
  and 
  that 
  ranked 
  

   among 
  the 
  highest 
  was 
  saving 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  a 
  comrade 
  in 
  battle 
  or 
  pre- 
  

   venting 
  his 
  capture, 
  as 
  such 
  an 
  act 
  could 
  be 
  done 
  only 
  by 
  risking 
  

   one's 
  life. 
  

  

  A 
  thrifty 
  man 
  could 
  seldom 
  "count" 
  his 
  hundred 
  before 
  he 
  was 
  

   near 
  middle 
  life, 
  even 
  though 
  he 
  wasted 
  no 
  opportunity. 
  During 
  

   all 
  the 
  years 
  of 
  his 
  preparation 
  he 
  must 
  work 
  silently 
  and 
  not 
  reveal 
  

   his 
  purpose 
  to 
  anyone 
  for 
  fear 
  he 
  might 
  fail. 
  Nor 
  did 
  he 
  tell 
  which 
  

   maid 
  he 
  had 
  chosen 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  mark 
  of 
  honor. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  

   general 
  belief 
  that 
  if 
  a 
  man 
  made 
  his 
  choice 
  known 
  before 
  he 
  was 
  

   ready 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  tattooing 
  done, 
  either 
  the 
  ^irl 
  would 
  die 
  or 
  some 
  

   misfortune 
  would 
  befall 
  him. 
  

  

  Passing 
  the 
  long 
  test 
  required 
  for 
  entrance 
  into 
  this 
  society 
  was 
  

   regarded 
  as 
  proof 
  not 
  only 
  that 
  the 
  members 
  were 
  favored 
  by 
  

   Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  but 
  that 
  they 
  possessed 
  will 
  power 
  capable 
  of 
  producing 
  

   results; 
  consequently 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  punishment, 
  wazhi 
  n 
  'agihe 
  (wazhi", 
  

   "directive 
  energy" 
  or 
  "will 
  power;" 
  "agthe," 
  "to 
  place 
  upon"), 
  was 
  

   exercised 
  by 
  them. 
  A 
  disturber 
  of 
  the 
  peace 
  within 
  the 
  tribe 
  or 
  

   one 
  whose, 
  acts 
  were 
  offensive 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs 
  was 
  sometimes 
  punished 
  

   by 
  the 
  concerted 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi 
  through 
  wazhi 
  n 
  'a</th< 
  , 
  

   the 
  members 
  fixing 
  their 
  minds 
  on 
  the 
  offender, 
  placing 
  on 
  him 
  the 
  

   consequences 
  of 
  his 
  actions 
  so 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  thrust 
  from 
  all 
  helpful 
  

   relations 
  with 
  men 
  and 
  animals. 
  Misfortune 
  and 
  death 
  were 
  

   believed 
  to 
  follow 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  treatment. 
  Wazhi 
  n 
  ' 
  agike 
  

   belongs 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  class 
  of 
  acts 
  as 
  wazhi 
  n 
  ' 
  thethe 
  (p. 
  583) 
  ; 
  the 
  former 
  

   was 
  believed 
  to 
  send 
  disaster 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  to 
  help 
  by 
  the 
  exercise 
  

   of 
  will 
  power. 
  

  

  The 
  Watha'wa 
  (Feast 
  of 
  the 
  Count) 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  man 
  had 
  all 
  his 
  arrangements 
  made, 
  could 
  "count" 
  the 
  

   required 
  number 
  of 
  wathi 
  n 
  ' 
  ethe, 
  had 
  accumulated 
  the 
  required 
  fees, 
  

   and 
  had 
  secured 
  the 
  food 
  necessary 
  to 
  entertain 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  other 
  

   guests 
  for 
  the 
  initiatory 
  ceremonies, 
  which 
  lasted 
  four 
  days, 
  he 
  noti- 
  

   fied 
  the 
  man 
  whom 
  he 
  had 
  selected 
  to 
  be 
  his 
  sponsor. 
  The 
  sponsor 
  

   called 
  together 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi, 
  the 
  candidate 
  fur- 
  

   nishing 
  the 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  required 
  feast, 
  and 
  the 
  candidate's 
  name 
  

   was 
  then 
  proposed. 
  If 
  no 
  objection 
  was 
  made, 
  he. 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  

   he 
  could 
  prepare 
  for 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  initiation. 
  

  

  The 
  tribal 
  herald 
  summoned 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  and 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the. 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi 
  to 
  the 
  lodge 
  of 
  the 
  candidate, 
  which 
  hail 
  

   been 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  On 
  this 
  occasion 
  every 
  article 
  

   excepl 
  those 
  intended 
  as 
  gifts 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  order 
  

   must 
  be 
  removed, 
  as 
  the 
  candidate 
  could 
  retain 
  nothing 
  that 
  was 
  

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