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  signified 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  willing 
  to 
  draw 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  offender 
  on 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  The 
  pipe 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  lighted 
  with 
  a 
  live 
  coal 
  which 
  was 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  in 
  a 
  split 
  stick. 
  If 
  the 
  man 
  refused 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  pipe, 
  the 
  servant 
  

   carried 
  it 
  hack 
  to 
  the 
  accuser, 
  who 
  designated 
  another 
  man. 
  The 
  

   servant 
  then 
  carried 
  the 
  pipe 
  to 
  the 
  second 
  man. 
  If 
  he 
  refused, 
  the 
  

   accuser 
  could 
  select 
  a 
  third, 
  fourth, 
  and 
  fifth 
  person. 
  These 
  selections 
  

   could 
  be 
  repeated 
  four 
  times. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  tradition 
  that 
  twice 
  the 
  

   pipe 
  was 
  offered 
  the 
  full 
  number 
  of 
  times 
  and 
  every 
  time 
  refused, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  punishment 
  of 
  the 
  offender 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  abandoned. 
  Some- 
  

   times 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  accepted 
  by 
  the 
  first 
  man, 
  but 
  more 
  often 
  it 
  was 
  

   passed 
  to 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  persons 
  before 
  one 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  accept 
  it, 
  for 
  

   all 
  must 
  agree 
  and 
  promise 
  to 
  keep 
  this 
  session 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  and 
  

   its 
  action 
  a 
  secret. 
  When 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  accepted 
  it 
  was 
  lighted 
  by 
  

   the 
  one 
  accepting 
  it 
  and 
  was 
  smoked 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   society, 
  an 
  act 
  which 
  signified 
  that 
  

   all 
  consented. 
  The 
  accuser 
  then 
  re- 
  

   filled 
  the 
  pipe 
  and 
  ordered 
  it 
  taken 
  

   to 
  the 
  leader 
  of 
  another 
  lodge, 
  all 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  which 
  smoked 
  it. 
  

  

  to 
  

  

  all 
  

  

  it. 
  

  

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  w 
  

  

  I 
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  3 
  

  

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  Fin. 
  124. 
  Diagram 
  illustrating 
  final 
  cere- 
  

   mony 
  of 
  secret 
  meeting 
  of 
  Shell 
  BOOiety, 
  

   l 
  Fireplace 
  ami 
  four 
  sticks: 
  2, 
  pile 
  of 
  earth; 
  

   3, 
  3. 
  servants: 
  4, 
  5, 
  6, 
  7, 
  masters 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  

   lodges. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  then 
  refilled 
  ami 
  sent 
  

   the 
  leader 
  of 
  still 
  another 
  lodge. 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  which 
  smoked 
  

   Once 
  more 
  the 
  pipe 
  was 
  refilled 
  and 
  

   sent 
  to 
  the 
  fourth 
  lodge, 
  in 
  which 
  

   it 
  was 
  smoked 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  members. 
  

   During 
  this 
  ceremony 
  the 
  pipe 
  had 
  

   started 
  from 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  lodges 
  

   and 
  had 
  passed 
  four 
  times 
  around 
  

   the 
  members, 
  thus 
  binding 
  all, 
  both 
  

   as 
  lodges 
  and 
  as 
  individuals, 
  to 
  se- 
  

   crecy 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  fulfillment 
  of 
  the 
  act 
  

   contemplated. 
  The 
  pipe 
  was 
  then 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  accuser. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   then 
  hade 
  the 
  servant 
  take 
  the 
  bear's 
  claw 
  from 
  the 
  breast 
  of 
  the 
  

   figure 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  accepted 
  the 
  pipe. 
  Then 
  (he 
  masters 
  

   consulted 
  together 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  determine 
  how 
  many 
  days 
  the 
  offender 
  

   should 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  live. 
  After 
  their 
  decision 
  was 
  made, 
  the 
  man 
  

   who 
  hail 
  received 
  the 
  claw 
  rose 
  and 
  recounted 
  his 
  faithfulness 
  to 
  the 
  

   teachings 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  his 
  fathers 
  before 
  him. 
  Then 
  he 
  

   turned 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  and 
  laid 
  his 
  left 
  hand 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  each 
  member, 
  

   saying 
  as 
  he 
  did 
  so: 
  "To 
  trust 
  you 
  with 
  my 
  action." 
  Then 
  he 
  stood 
  

   at 
  the 
  north, 
  where 
  he 
  intended 
  the 
  feet 
  of 
  the 
  figure 
  to 
  be, 
  and 
  faced 
  

   the 
  north. 
  Then 
  he 
  turned 
  and 
  placed 
  the 
  bear's 
  (daw 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  

   which 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  figure's 
  head; 
  and 
  

   without 
  lifting 
  his 
  hand 
  from 
  the 
  earth 
  he 
  made 
  a 
  continuous 
  outline 
  

  

  