﻿FLETCHER-LA 
  FLESCH3] 
  SOCIETIES 
  499 
  

  

  articles 
  he 
  had 
  gathered 
  for 
  fees. 
  The 
  chief 
  then 
  sent 
  the 
  herald 
  

   to 
  proclaim 
  the 
  completed 
  "count" 
  to 
  the 
  people. 
  He 
  would 
  state 
  

   that 
  So-and-so 
  (naming 
  the 
  candidate) 
  had 
  given 
  away 
  so 
  many 
  

   horses, 
  so 
  many 
  robes, 
  and 
  so 
  on 
  through 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  classified 
  gifts. 
  

   Thus 
  the 
  man's 
  record 
  was 
  made 
  public 
  and 
  thereafter 
  no 
  one 
  could 
  

   challenge 
  his 
  "count 
  " 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  then 
  given 
  forth. 
  

  

  The 
  ceremony 
  of 
  smoking 
  the 
  pipe 
  followed 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  

   count. 
  This 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  a 
  formal 
  presentation 
  to 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  

   of 
  the 
  ir<itlii"',f/i( 
  which 
  had 
  just 
  been 
  publicly 
  "counted;" 
  it 
  also 
  

   represented 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  an 
  oath 
  of 
  membership. 
  The 
  smoking 
  

   was 
  a 
  solemn 
  and 
  elaborate 
  ceremony. 
  A 
  firebrand 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   used 
  to 
  light 
  the 
  pipe, 
  for 
  which 
  purpose 
  a 
  live 
  coal 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  

   the 
  lire 
  with 
  a 
  split 
  stick. 
  When 
  ready 
  to 
  be 
  lighted 
  the 
  pipe 
  lay 
  

   with 
  the 
  stem 
  toward 
  the 
  south. 
  The 
  herald 
  took 
  it 
  up 
  and 
  held 
  

   it 
  for 
  the 
  Ni'kagahi 
  u'zhu 
  who 
  sat 
  toward 
  the 
  south 
  while 
  the 
  latter 
  

   lighted 
  it. 
  The 
  herald 
  then 
  passed 
  the 
  pipe 
  in 
  turn 
  to 
  the 
  Ni'kagahi 
  

   u'zhu 
  who 
  sat 
  toward 
  the 
  north, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  at 
  the 
  latter's 
  left. 
  

   While 
  being 
  smoked 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  always 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  herald. 
  

   It 
  was 
  said: 
  "The 
  pipe 
  must 
  pass 
  in 
  an 
  unbroken 
  circle 
  from 
  south 
  

   to 
  north, 
  and 
  when 
  laid 
  down 
  alter 
  this 
  circuit 
  the 
  stem 
  must 
  point 
  

   to 
  the 
  north." 
  A 
  pause 
  followed 
  the 
  smoking; 
  then 
  the 
  herald 
  

   took 
  the 
  pipe 
  from 
  its 
  grass 
  rest 
  and 
  walked 
  with 
  it 
  around 
  the 
  fire- 
  

   place. 
  He 
  held 
  it 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  zenith 
  before 
  laying 
  it 
  to 
  rest 
  with 
  the 
  

   si 
  cm 
  to 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  chief 
  who 
  had 
  lighted 
  the 
  pipe 
  now 
  grasped 
  

   its 
  stem 
  in 
  Ms 
  left 
  hand 
  and 
  the 
  bowl 
  in 
  his 
  right, 
  and 
  swung 
  the 
  pipe 
  

   slowly 
  in 
  a 
  circle 
  from 
  right 
  to 
  left 
  until 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  an 
  upright 
  position 
  

   at 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  of 
  his 
  body. 
  Then 
  he 
  proceeded 
  to 
  clean 
  the 
  pipe 
  and 
  

   lay 
  it 
  back 
  on 
  its 
  grass 
  rest 
  on 
  the 
  robe, 
  with 
  the 
  stem 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  

   The 
  herald 
  then 
  took 
  up 
  the 
  pipe 
  and 
  again 
  walked 
  with 
  it 
  about 
  the 
  

   fire. 
  At 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  circuit 
  he 
  laid 
  it 
  beside 
  the 
  fireplace. 
  

   The 
  chief 
  who 
  had 
  cleaned 
  it 
  then 
  rose 
  and 
  put 
  it 
  back 
  on 
  the 
  buffalo 
  

   robe. 
  This 
  last 
  act 
  completed 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  smoking. 
  The 
  varied 
  

   and 
  complicated 
  movements 
  connected 
  with 
  passing 
  the 
  pipe 
  and 
  

   placing 
  it 
  at 
  rest 
  had 
  reference, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  to 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  

   heavenly 
  bodies. 
  The 
  herald 
  then 
  arose 
  and 
  put 
  together 
  the 
  grass 
  

   rest 
  of 
  the 
  pipe 
  and 
  the 
  bundle 
  of 
  sticks 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  counting 
  and 
  laid 
  

   them 
  in 
  the 
  back 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lodge. 
  

  

  Members 
  of 
  the 
  candidate's 
  family 
  outside 
  the 
  lodge 
  now 
  filled 
  

   two 
  large 
  wooden 
  bowls 
  with 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  porridge 
  made 
  of 
  pounded 
  

   maize 
  and 
  passed 
  them 
  through 
  the 
  door 
  into 
  the 
  lodge. 
  The 
  

   herald 
  took 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  bowls 
  and 
  placed 
  it 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  who 
  

   had 
  lighted 
  the 
  pipe. 
  The 
  latter 
  took 
  four 
  spoonfuls 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  

   ami 
  passed 
  the 
  bowl 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  chief 
  without 
  lifting 
  it 
  from 
  the 
  

   floor. 
  The 
  other 
  bowl 
  was 
  passed 
  from 
  the 
  door 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  

   who 
  had 
  partaken 
  first 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  bowl. 
  Each 
  person 
  took 
  four 
  

  

  