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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  deceased, 
  arrayed 
  in 
  his 
  best 
  clothes, 
  with 
  his 
  face 
  painted, 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  the 
  rules 
  of 
  the 
  society, 
  was 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  dwelling 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  society 
  held 
  its 
  meetings, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  seated 
  in 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   ber's 
  accustomed 
  place. 
  During 
  the 
  ceremonyin 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  

   dead 
  no 
  one 
  spoke 
  except 
  when 
  the 
  rites 
  required, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  

   when 
  not 
  actively 
  engaged 
  sat 
  with 
  bowed 
  heads. 
  The 
  dead 
  man 
  was 
  

   the 
  only 
  one 
  with 
  head 
  erect. 
  On 
  such 
  occasions 
  outsiders 
  were 
  afraid 
  

   to 
  go 
  in 
  when 
  the 
  doors 
  were 
  opened, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  times 
  past 
  

   onlookers 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  by 
  magic. 
  All 
  the 
  regalia 
  which 
  the 
  dead 
  

   member 
  had 
  purchased 
  the 
  right 
  to 
  wear 
  was 
  removed 
  from 
  him 
  at 
  

   the 
  proper 
  time 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  his 
  lodge. 
  Nothing 
  of 
  that 
  character 
  

   was 
  buried 
  with 
  the 
  dead. 
  After 
  the 
  lodges 
  had 
  been 
  dismissed 
  in 
  

   the 
  manner 
  already 
  described, 
  the 
  dead 
  body 
  was 
  removed 
  and 
  given 
  

   the 
  ordinary 
  form 
  of 
  burial. 
  

  

  Magic 
  Ceremony 
  for 
  Punishing 
  Offenders 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  of 
  War 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  

   Peabody 
  Museum 
  of 
  Harvard 
  University, 
  a 
  pack 
  was 
  found 
  among 
  

  

  Fig. 
  113. 
  Pack 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  lodge 
  o( 
  the 
  Shell 
  society. 
  

  

  the 
  articles 
  which 
  had 
  no 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  duties 
  or 
  ceremonies 
  

   pertaining 
  to 
  the 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte 
  gens 
  as 
  keepers 
  of 
  the 
  rites 
  of 
  war. 
  It 
  

   has 
  since 
  been 
  learned 
  that 
  this 
  pack 
  had 
  belonged 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   lodges 
  of 
  the 
  Shell 
  society. 
  Big 
  Elk 
  was 
  the 
  keeper 
  of 
  this 
  pack 
  

   and 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  a 
  chief 
  and 
  Leading 
  man 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  gens, 
  the 
  

   YYe'/.hi"shte, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven, 
  he 
  felt 
  at 
  liberty 
  to 
  store 
  

   this 
  pack 
  in 
  the 
  Tent 
  of 
  War. 
  At 
  his 
  death 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  general 
  dis- 
  

   turbance 
  of 
  tribal 
  customs 
  which 
  soon 
  followed, 
  the 
  pack 
  remained 
  

   with 
  the 
  articles 
  that 
  properly 
  belonged 
  in 
  the 
  Tent 
  of 
  War 
  and 
  so 
  

  

  