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  SOCIETIES 
  

  

  559 
  

  

  1848 
  or 
  1S49). 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  this 
  figure-shaped 
  bag 
  had 
  come 
  

   down 
  to 
  ISig 
  Elk 
  through 
  eight 
  generations. 
  Pe'degahi 
  remembered 
  

   the 
  names 
  of 
  six 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  owners 
  of 
  this 
  interesting 
  relic. 
  He 
  

   said 
  that 
  there 
  used 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  ritual 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  figure 
  but 
  that 
  

   it 
  had 
  been 
  lost. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  explained 
  that 
  the 
  figure 
  represented 
  the 
  society. 
  It 
  was 
  

   called 
  Gdhi'ge 
  to"ga, 
  "groat 
  chief." 
  The 
  head 
  stood 
  for 
  the 
  u'zhu, 
  

   leader 
  or 
  master 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  society, 
  whose 
  symbol 
  was 
  the 
  eagle. 
  

   The 
  left 
  arm 
  was 
  the 
  "eldest 
  son," 
  representing 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  the 
  black 
  

   bear. 
  In 
  the 
  bag 
  made 
  by 
  this 
  arm 
  were 
  kept 
  the 
  poisons 
  used 
  for 
  

  

  Fig. 
  lia. 
  Contents 
  of 
  bags 
  (figs. 
  118. 
  120). 
  

  

  punishment. 
  The 
  right 
  arm 
  was 
  the 
  "second 
  son," 
  representing 
  

   the 
  stars 
  and 
  the 
  elk. 
  In 
  this 
  bag 
  were 
  kept 
  the 
  roots 
  used 
  as 
  medi- 
  

   cine 
  for 
  rheumatism. 
  The 
  left 
  leg 
  was 
  the 
  '"daughter," 
  representing 
  

   the 
  moon 
  and 
  the 
  buffalo. 
  In 
  the 
  bag 
  formed 
  by 
  this 
  leg 
  were 
  kept 
  

   two 
  shells, 
  male 
  and 
  female. 
  The 
  right 
  leg 
  was 
  the 
  "youngest 
  son," 
  

   representing 
  the 
  earth 
  and 
  the 
  deer. 
  In 
  this 
  bag 
  were 
  kept 
  medi- 
  

   cines 
  for 
  curing 
  diarrhea. 
  It 
  was 
  explained 
  that 
  the 
  left 
  arm 
  and 
  

   the 
  left 
  leg 
  ''went 
  together." 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  noted, 
  as 
  stated 
  above, 
  

   that 
  these 
  represented 
  the 
  '"eldest 
  son" 
  and 
  the 
  "daughter" 
  — 
  the 
  two 
  

   that 
  were 
  placed 
  diagonally 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  places 
  

  

  