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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TKIBK 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  nobilis 
  Reeve, 
  which 
  is 
  white 
  and 
  was 
  regarded 
  as 
  female, 
  and 
  Olivia 
  

   elegans 
  Lam., 
  which 
  is 
  dark 
  and 
  was 
  considered 
  the 
  male. 
  How 
  

   these 
  "male" 
  and 
  "female" 
  shells 
  were 
  divided 
  among 
  the 
  members 
  

   was 
  not 
  explained. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  wooden 
  bowl 
  already 
  mentioned 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  board 
  

   (iiini'amashude) 
  about 
  a 
  foot 
  square 
  with 
  the 
  edges 
  embroidered 
  ; 
  this 
  

   was 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  for 
  smoking. 
  The 
  drum 
  

   was 
  formerly 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  type 
  described 
  on 
  p. 
  371 
  ; 
  later 
  a 
  keg 
  was 
  sub- 
  

   stituted 
  but 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  water 
  

   and 
  heat 
  in 
  timing 
  was 
  still 
  prac- 
  

   tised. 
  Two 
  gourd 
  rattles, 
  and 
  two 
  

   pillows 
  on 
  which 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  rattles, 
  

   were 
  kept 
  with 
  the 
  drum. 
  All 
  these 
  

   articles 
  were 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  so- 
  

   ciety 
  and 
  each 
  had 
  its 
  special 
  keeper. 
  

   Each 
  lodge 
  had 
  a 
  pack, 
  as 
  stated 
  

   above, 
  and 
  to 
  each 
  pack 
  belonged 
  two 
  

   pipes 
  and 
  four 
  sticks 
  (nini'uihuhapki) 
  , 
  

   the 
  latter 
  being 
  used 
  in 
  filling 
  and 
  

   cleaning 
  the 
  pipes. 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meetings 
  

  

  The 
  regular 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  

   were 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  May, 
  June, 
  

   August, 
  and 
  September, 
  these 
  being 
  

   the 
  mating 
  seasons 
  respectively 
  of 
  

   the 
  black 
  bear, 
  the 
  buffalo, 
  the 
  elk, 
  

   and 
  the 
  deer. 
  At 
  other 
  times, 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  winter, 
  meet- 
  

   ings 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  at 
  night 
  and 
  

   were 
  informal 
  in 
  character. 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  member 
  decided 
  to 
  invite 
  

   the 
  society 
  to 
  hold 
  a 
  regidar 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  he 
  acted 
  as 
  host 
  and 
  prepared 
  the 
  

   required 
  feast. 
  Every 
  regular 
  meet- 
  

   ing 
  had 
  its 
  host. 
  The 
  host 
  not 
  only 
  

   provided 
  the 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  feast, 
  but 
  

   gifts 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  members. 
  In 
  olden 
  times 
  these 
  

   gifts 
  were 
  the 
  skins 
  of 
  animals 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  society 
  as 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  its 
  origin. 
  In 
  recent 
  times 
  calico, 
  blankets, 
  

   and 
  broadcloth 
  were 
  substituted. 
  After 
  the 
  man 
  had 
  accumulated 
  the 
  

   required 
  materials 
  he 
  sent 
  for 
  the 
  four 
  servants 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  and 
  

   bade 
  them 
  tell 
  the 
  members 
  that 
  on 
  such 
  a 
  day 
  a 
  regular 
  meeting 
  

   of 
  the 
  society 
  would 
  be 
  held. 
  When 
  the 
  day 
  arrived 
  he 
  sent 
  a 
  

   servant 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  to 
  procure 
  the 
  tobacco 
  board 
  and 
  four 
  sticks 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  110. 
  Olter-skin 
  hay. 
  Shell 
  society. 
  

  

  