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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  received 
  them 
  in 
  his 
  left 
  hand, 
  took 
  out 
  one, 
  and 
  handed 
  the 
  iive 
  

   back 
  to 
  the 
  servant, 
  who 
  circled 
  the 
  fire, 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  "daughter," 
  and 
  

   held 
  the 
  sticks 
  before 
  her. 
  She 
  received 
  them 
  as 
  the 
  others 
  had 
  done, 
  

   took 
  one, 
  laid 
  it 
  down, 
  and 
  handed 
  the 
  four 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  servant, 
  who 
  

   for 
  the 
  fourth 
  time 
  circled 
  the 
  fire, 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  "youngest 
  son," 
  and 
  

   held 
  the 
  sticks 
  before 
  him. 
  He 
  took 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner, 
  

   removed 
  one, 
  laid 
  it 
  down, 
  and 
  handed 
  the 
  three 
  sticks 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  

   servant, 
  who 
  carried 
  them 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  host. 
  

  

  The 
  packs 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  lodges 
  were 
  then 
  taken 
  up 
  by 
  

   their 
  keepers, 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  ends, 
  and 
  turned 
  four 
  times 
  from 
  left 
  to 
  

   right 
  "so 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  animals 
  and 
  roots 
  within 
  the 
  packs 
  might 
  move 
  

   from 
  north 
  to 
  south." 
  Then 
  the 
  keeper 
  took 
  a 
  pinch 
  of 
  tobacco 
  

   with 
  his 
  left 
  hand 
  and 
  made 
  aline 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  

   pack, 
  sprinkling 
  a 
  little 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  as 
  his 
  hand 
  moved. 
  Four 
  of 
  

   these 
  lines 
  were 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  pack 
  and 
  then 
  he 
  let 
  fall 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  on 
  the 
  pack. 
  Next 
  he 
  struck 
  the 
  pack 
  

   with 
  his 
  open 
  palm 
  four 
  times 
  and 
  lifted 
  the 
  pack 
  slightly. 
  After 
  these 
  

   movements 
  the 
  packs 
  were 
  untied. 
  The 
  "eldest 
  son" 
  and 
  the 
  "daugh- 
  

   ter" 
  manipulated 
  the 
  strings 
  and 
  bindings 
  of 
  their 
  packs 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   way. 
  The 
  "second 
  son" 
  and 
  the 
  "youngest 
  son" 
  untied 
  their 
  packs 
  

   differently 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  two, 
  but 
  both 
  observed 
  the 
  same 
  method 
  in 
  

   opening 
  their 
  packs. 
  When 
  all 
  these 
  motions 
  were 
  completed 
  the 
  

   regalia 
  was 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  officers 
  who 
  had 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  perform 
  

   this 
  duty. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  any 
  "medicines" 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  members 
  

   (such 
  "medicines" 
  as 
  were 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  packs) 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  those 
  

   who 
  desired 
  them. 
  This 
  done, 
  the 
  packs 
  were 
  put 
  behind 
  the 
  seats 
  

   occupied 
  by 
  the 
  masters 
  of 
  the 
  lodges. 
  

  

  The 
  host 
  then 
  gave 
  the 
  red 
  and 
  green 
  paint 
  he 
  had 
  provided 
  to 
  a 
  

   servant, 
  who 
  put 
  them 
  on 
  a 
  cloth 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  drum. 
  This 
  

   was 
  set 
  directly 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  u'zhu. 
  The 
  u'zhu 
  summoned 
  a 
  

   servant, 
  gave 
  him 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  clay 
  used 
  for 
  paint, 
  and 
  bade 
  

   him 
  take 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  woman 
  who 
  sat 
  at 
  the 
  extreme 
  end 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  

   side: 
  and 
  she 
  at 
  once 
  began 
  to 
  comb 
  her 
  hair. 
  This 
  represented 
  the 
  

   act 
  of 
  the 
  mysterious 
  stranger 
  who 
  thus 
  cared 
  for 
  the 
  children 
  in 
  the 
  

   story 
  . 
  All 
  the 
  members 
  t 
  hen 
  made 
  ready 
  to 
  put 
  on 
  their 
  regalia, 
  while 
  

   the 
  woman 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  paint 
  was 
  sent 
  arose 
  and, 
  taking 
  her 
  otter- 
  

   skin 
  mystery 
  bag, 
  went 
  by 
  the 
  left 
  around 
  the 
  circle 
  of 
  members 
  and, 
  

   with 
  her 
  left 
  hand 
  outspread 
  toward 
  each 
  person 
  in 
  turn, 
  mentioned 
  

   the 
  term 
  of 
  relationship 
  by 
  which 
  she 
  was 
  entitled 
  to 
  address 
  him. 
  

   Meanwhile 
  the 
  u'zhu 
  had 
  mixed 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  green 
  or 
  blue 
  clay 
  with 
  

   water 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  wooden 
  bowl 
  and 
  sent 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  master 
  of 
  the 
  woman's 
  

   lodge, 
  who 
  represented 
  the 
  "youngest 
  son." 
  After 
  the 
  woman 
  had 
  

   returned 
  she 
  was 
  painted 
  by 
  the 
  master, 
  who 
  then 
  painted 
  all 
  the 
  

   members 
  of 
  his 
  lodge. 
  While 
  the 
  painting 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  was 
  in 
  

  

  