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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TKIBE 
  

  

  [ETII 
  ANX. 
  27 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  lodge. 
  The 
  arm 
  contained 
  poisons 
  for 
  punishment 
  ; 
  the 
  leg, 
  

   the 
  magic 
  shells 
  which 
  made 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  administer 
  them, 
  so 
  that 
  

   the 
  functions 
  of 
  this 
  left 
  arm 
  and 
  leg, 
  which 
  "went 
  together,'.' 
  were 
  

  

  FIG. 
  120. 
  Bag 
  found 
  in 
  pack 
  i 
  tig. 
  113;. 
  

  

  also 
  related 
  and 
  made 
  effectual 
  because 
  male 
  and 
  female. 
  The 
  right 
  

   arm 
  and 
  leg 
  represented 
  brothers, 
  the 
  earth 
  and 
  the 
  stars, 
  and 
  both 
  

  

  Fig. 
  121. 
  Bag 
  found 
  in 
  pack 
  (fig. 
  113). 
  

  

  contained 
  medicines 
  for 
  healing. 
  It 
  was 
  said 
  in 
  explanation 
  that 
  "the 
  

   punishment 
  (effected 
  through 
  this 
  figure) 
  was 
  directed 
  by 
  \Yako"'da 
  

   to 
  keep 
  the 
  people 
  in 
  order 
  and 
  to 
  check 
  crime, 
  as 
  molesting 
  wives 
  

  

  