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previously filled (with water) by two members of each tribal division. 
Then four songs without the accompaniment of a drum occur, fol- 
lowed by four with the accompaniment of a drum. Five songs with 
dancing now follow. The flutes are put away after the dance. A 
feast now begins. After the eating there are four songs without the 
drum. Five songs with the accompaniment of the drum follow. 
Next come four songs with dancing. Another feast now takes place, 
and there are four songs from the very start of this and the drum is 
used in connection with the songs. Now follow four songs with 
dancing. _ At this point the chief feast occurs. There are six eating 
songs. Whereupon the last dance begins. There are seven songs. 
The dancing starts in at the beginning. Next follows the epilogue. 
[The White Buffalo dance was held June 13, 1924. Harry Lincoln 
served as a ceremonial attendant durig the evening of June 12 
and the morning of June 13. While the events that took piace 
were still fresh in his mind he wrote out an account of them, together 
with some additional matter, in the current syllabary; he also 
supplemented this with some notes dictated in English. I give 
below a translation (based on one dictated by him) of the Fox text 
combined with the supplementary matter dictated in English (with 
some corrections in grammar): This is what they do. In the 
evenings there are as many ceremonial attendants as there are dogs. 
Each one takes one dog around the wickiup on the outside four 
times. And the first (dog) clubbed to death is made to stand 
facing the east, and the next the south, and (the next) the west, 
and the fourth the north. That is how it is. This is how the 
first four (dogs) are treated. And then they are brought inside 
and placed carefully (in their proper places). This is how. they 
are placed, and this is how the others are.!. The others are strewn 
on the high scaffolding at the west end of the summer house. Harry 
Lincoln killed the dogs. As the proper person failed to appear, 
Harry Lincoln was appointed by the leader. The first dog faced 
the east and Harry Lincoln faced the north. He used a special 
club made for this purpose. As this was Harry Lincoln’s first 
experience in killing dogs ceremonially, he was given three trials 
to dispatch the first dog. The dog yelped in agony, which was 
against their religion, but as Harry Lincoln was admittedly a novice 
in killing dogs ceremonially he was excused. The second time he 
faced the east as before with his right foot forward and his left 
foot in the rear. The club was in his left hand near the top and 
back part of his head. He then drew the club straight on his 
shoulder, and his right hand grasped the club close to his left hand. 
He then raised the club, holding it in both hands, watching the 
1 The diagram is not reproduced. See below for their location. At this point the portion dictated in 
English begins. 
