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TSI'- ZH(J 

 HO''-GA 



LA FLESCHE] TRIBAL RITES FREE TRAXSLATIOX 69 



The fire that is placed midway between tlie two duors represents the 

 sun, whose pathway symbohzes endless life, and thus passes through 

 the middle of the house that stands for the earth. The fireplace was 

 also coasecrated and the fire taken therefrom by the people to start 

 their home fires was thought of as holy and as having power to give 

 life and health to those who /voftrn 



use it.° It was also declared 

 that the two doors, which 



represent the continual flow O P* P 



of life, shall be closed to the U U U U U U U 



man who approaches them Or^Ollljlj 



when contemplating mur- \J \J \J ^ ^ ^-^ 



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Theceremomal position oi 

 the chief's house in the vil- 

 lage was also established at 

 this time. (See diagram, 

 fig. 3.) 



Some time after the crea- 

 tion of the office of chief for t^/rsr tsi'-zhu east 

 each of the two great divi- 

 sions, and the men chosen P! '^ 

 had been inducted into their U U U O '^ ^ '^ 

 office, the two chiefs went P P P P P P P 

 out separately to seek for ^ ^ ^ X* ^ ^ ^ 

 some sign of approval from [jIjIjIjIjUU 

 the Supernatural. Forseven _^ _,^ ^ „ ^ _ 

 days and six nights the men vj Ij Ij w U w Ij 

 fasted and cried to Wa- r^ O O O O O O 

 ko°'-da. U U Ij U U U U 



As the darkness of even- O O O O O O O 



ing spread over the land, on IjvjUvJvJOU 



the sixth day of his vigil, the 

 Tsi'-zhu Wa-shta'-ge chief 

 removed from his face the south 



sign of vigil and sat down to ■^"^' S-— ceremonially arranged campi of the two great divl- 



^ , iT • 1 im •! u sions of the tribe, the Tsl'-zhu and the Hoo'-ga. Adotin- 



restfor the night. While he dicates the houses of the chiefs. The Tsi'-zhu represent 



was yet awake and in deep "^^ *y "^"^ ">« ^""'■s'' *« ^^^h. 

 thought he heard approaching footsteps, and as he looked up 

 he beheld a man standing before him, as though in the light of 

 day. The stranger spoke, saying: "I have heard your cry. I am 

 a person who can heal all the pains and the bodily ailments of 

 your people. When the little ones make of me their bodies they 



• Xu-tha'-wa-to»-i» of the Tsi-zhu Wa-no" gens said that "the fireplaces of the houses of the two chiefs 

 were called U-dse'-the Wa-shta'-ge," Gentle or Peaceful Fireplaces, in contradistinction to the seven fire- 

 places of each of the Ho"'-ga, Wa-zha'-zhe, and the 'Tsi'-jhu divisions that were dedicated to warfare and 

 ware associated with violence and death. 



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