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  rectly 
  represented, 
  it 
  is 
  said. 
  The 
  youngest 
  son 
  was 
  painted 
  the 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  Both 
  these 
  children 
  and 
  their 
  lodges 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  dwelling, 
  the 
  side 
  "where 
  the 
  sun 
  travels 
  and 
  

   causes 
  the 
  earth 
  to 
  bring 
  forth." 
  This 
  side 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  also 
  as 
  

   "the 
  masculine 
  side." 
  The 
  second 
  son 
  was 
  painted 
  to 
  represent 
  the 
  

   night 
  sky 
  and 
  the 
  daughter 
  had 
  the 
  moon 
  painted 
  on 
  her. 
  These 
  

   two 
  children 
  had 
  (heir 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  lodge, 
  the 
  side 
  

   which 
  typified 
  "the 
  night 
  and 
  the 
  feminine 
  forces." 
  The 
  position 
  

   assigned 
  these 
  "children" 
  occurs 
  in 
  ceremonies 
  observed 
  in 
  other 
  

   tribes, 
  which 
  represent 
  cosmic 
  relations 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  related 
  groups 
  

   are 
  placed 
  diagonally 
  and 
  not 
  directly 
  opposite 
  each 
  other. 
  Here 
  

   the 
  "eldest 
  son," 
  typifying 
  the 
  sun, 
  the 
  masculine 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  day, 
  

   is 
  diagonal 
  to 
  the 
  "daughter," 
  who 
  stood 
  for 
  the 
  moon, 
  the 
  feminine 
  

   power 
  of 
  the 
  night; 
  and 
  the 
  "second 
  son," 
  representing 
  the 
  stars, 
  is 
  

   diagonally 
  opposed 
  to 
  the 
  

   "youngest 
  son," 
  who 
  rep- 
  

   resented 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  

   mysterious 
  stranger 
  de- 
  

   clared 
  that 
  " 
  the 
  earth 
  and 
  

   the 
  stars 
  are 
  brothers." 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  offices 
  of 
  the 
  so- 
  

   ciety 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  

   purchase 
  and 
  were 
  not 
  

   elective. 
  When 
  a 
  person 
  

   holding 
  an 
  office 
  felt 
  that 
  

   age 
  or 
  ill 
  health 
  made 
  it 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  fulfill 
  the 
  du- 
  

   ties 
  required, 
  the 
  office 
  was 
  

   sold, 
  generally 
  to 
  a 
  rela- 
  

   tive. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   officers 
  are 
  descendants 
  of 
  

  

  those 
  who 
  formerly 
  held 
  these 
  places. 
  The 
  present 
  holder 
  of 
  the 
  

   office 
  of 
  "eldest 
  son" 
  is 
  the 
  fifth 
  in 
  direct 
  descent 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  place. 
  

   He 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  man 
  over 
  50 
  and 
  his 
  father 
  and 
  grandfather 
  lived 
  to 
  be 
  

   old 
  men. 
  The 
  other 
  offices 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  families 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   occupants 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  generations. 
  The 
  five 
  principal 
  officers 
  

   had 
  to 
  be 
  present 
  personally 
  at 
  all 
  meetings. 
  No 
  substitutes 
  were 
  

   allowed, 
  so 
  the 
  absence 
  or 
  sickness 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  persons 
  prevented 
  

   a 
  meeting 
  being 
  held. 
  Besides 
  these 
  offices 
  there 
  were 
  minor 
  posi- 
  

   tions, 
  the 
  holders 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  certain 
  duties 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   dramatic 
  rites. 
  Sometimes 
  a 
  person 
  bought 
  and 
  held 
  several 
  of 
  

   these 
  positions: 
  The 
  right 
  to 
  place 
  the 
  four 
  "children" 
  before 
  the 
  

   fireplace; 
  to 
  beat 
  the 
  drum; 
  to 
  have 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  wooden 
  howl 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  the 
  society, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  old; 
  to 
  fill 
  this 
  

   bowl 
  with 
  water; 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  water; 
  to 
  pass 
  the 
  howl; 
  to 
  select 
  

  

  Fig. 
  10S. 
  Diagram 
  illustrating 
  meeting 
  of 
  Shell 
  society. 
  1, 
  

   Fireplace; 
  2, 
  entrance 
  toward 
  the 
  east; 
  3, 
  u'zhu: 
  4, 
  "eldest 
  

   son" 
  (the 
  sun); 
  5, 
  "second 
  son" 
  (the 
  stars); 
  6, 
  "daughter 
  " 
  

   (the 
  moon); 
  7, 
  " 
  youngest 
  son 
  " 
  (the 
  earth 
  |, 
  

  

  