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  507 
  

  

  uncooked 
  food 
  was 
  placed 
  near 
  the 
  door. 
  The 
  leader 
  distributed 
  the 
  

   gifts. 
  A 
  knife 
  and 
  an 
  awl 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  each 
  person. 
  In 
  apportion- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  fees 
  the 
  person 
  who 
  did 
  the 
  tattooing 
  received 
  the 
  largest 
  

   share, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  food, 
  both 
  cooked 
  and 
  uncooked, 
  that 
  remained 
  

   became 
  his 
  property. 
  

  

  The 
  accompanying 
  design 
  (fig. 
  106) 
  tattooed 
  on 
  the 
  hand 
  of 
  a 
  

   Ponca 
  girl 
  strikingly 
  sets 
  forth 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  IIo"'hewachi: 
  

   Here 
  are 
  the 
  emblems 
  of 
  day 
  and 
  night 
  and 
  between 
  them 
  stand 
  

   the 
  forms 
  of 
  children. 
  By 
  the 
  union 
  of 
  Day, 
  the 
  above, 
  and 
  Night, 
  

   the 
  below, 
  came 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  and 
  by 
  them 
  the 
  race 
  is 
  maintained. 
  

   The 
  tattooing 
  of 
  this 
  fig- 
  

   ure 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  an 
  ap- 
  

   peal 
  for 
  the 
  perpetuation 
  

   of 
  all 
  life 
  anil 
  of 
  human 
  

   life 
  in 
  particular." 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi, 
  even 
  when 
  

   there 
  was 
  no 
  initiation 
  of 
  

   a 
  member 
  or 
  tattooing 
  of 
  

   a 
  maid, 
  only 
  those 
  men 
  

   who 
  had 
  received 
  war 
  

   honors 
  could 
  "beat 
  the 
  

   drum" 
  for 
  the 
  singers. 
  

   Before 
  a 
  man 
  could 
  sing 
  

   his 
  song 
  he 
  had 
  to 
  relate 
  

   his 
  war 
  honors, 
  telling 
  

   what 
  they 
  were 
  and 
  what 
  

   were 
  the 
  acts 
  for 
  which 
  

   they 
  had 
  been 
  publicly 
  

   awarded. 
  While 
  he 
  sang 
  

   the 
  women 
  who 
  had 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  the. 
  "mark 
  of 
  

   honor" 
  danced. 
  Only 
  

   women 
  danced 
  at 
  the 
  

   meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'he- 
  

   w.iclii. 
  This 
  was 
  because 
  the 
  order 
  was 
  one 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  Night, 
  

   of 
  the 
  feminine 
  force 
  or 
  principle. 
  The 
  man 
  recounted 
  his 
  deeds, 
  

   for 
  they 
  were 
  "performed 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  insure 
  to 
  the 
  woman 
  that 
  

   safety 
  which 
  was 
  requisite 
  for 
  the 
  performance 
  of 
  her 
  duties 
  as 
  

   wife 
  and 
  mother." 
  The 
  rites 
  and 
  symbols 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi 
  

   epitomized 
  the 
  fundamental 
  ideas 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  tribal 
  organization 
  

   was 
  based. 
  The 
  requirements 
  for 
  admittance 
  to 
  membership 
  afforded 
  

   undisputed 
  proof 
  of 
  a 
  man's 
  valor 
  and 
  industry 
  — 
  the 
  two 
  factors 
  

   necessary 
  for 
  the 
  preservation 
  and 
  the 
  prosperity 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  The 
  

   word 
  for 
  tribe, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  remembered, 
  indicates 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  composed 
  

  

  Flo. 
  106. 
  

  

  Design 
  tattooed 
  on 
  hand 
  of 
  I'onca 
  girl 
  (native 
  

   drawing). 
  

  

  