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  effect 
  on 
  an 
  outsider 
  was 
  anything 
  Imt 
  agreeable 
  — 
  it 
  was 
  "like 
  bed- 
  

   lam," 
  and 
  only 
  when 
  one 
  looked 
  into 
  the 
  faces 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  and 
  

   noted 
  their 
  intense 
  earnestness 
  was 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  conceive 
  how 
  each 
  

   man 
  could 
  hold 
  to 
  his 
  own 
  song 
  against 
  that 
  of 
  his 
  equally 
  vociferous 
  

   neighbor. 
  

  

  The 
  exact 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  definitely 
  

   learned, 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  divided 
  into 
  four 
  groups 
  or 
  lodges. 
  

  

  The 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  society 
  treated 
  sickness 
  by 
  mechanical 
  

   means 
  — 
  bleeding, 
  sucking 
  out 
  the 
  disturbing 
  object, 
  and 
  practising 
  

  

  Fig. 
  125. 
  Waki'dezhi"Kn. 
  

  

  a 
  kind 
  of 
  massage 
  which 
  consisted 
  in 
  kneading 
  and 
  pulling 
  on 
  the 
  

   region 
  below 
  the 
  ribs, 
  a 
  rather 
  severe 
  and 
  painful 
  operation, 
  called 
  

   by 
  the 
  Omaha 
  ni'xaihito 
  11 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  rituals 
  of 
  this 
  society 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  fully 
  obtained. 
  Each 
  group 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  its 
  ritual 
  and 
  these 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   entire 
  ceremony. 
  It 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  the 
  complete 
  set 
  of 
  rituals 
  is 
  now 
  

   known 
  to 
  any 
  living 
  Omaha. 
  The 
  following, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  

   ritual, 
  was 
  obtained 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  from 
  the 
  former 
  leader, 
  Waki'- 
  

   dezhi"ga 
  (fig. 
  125), 
  who 
  is 
  now 
  dead. 
  It 
  deals 
  with 
  Creation 
  and 
  the 
  

   cosmic 
  forces. 
  

  

  