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Chapter IX. — Social organization — Specific clans — Continued. Page. 



The Water-spirit clan 241 



Introduction 241 



Origin myth 242 



Clan names 242 



The Buffalo clan 243 



Introduction 243 



Origin myth -. 243 



Clan songs 245 



Clan names 24G 



The Deer clan 246 



Introduction 246 



Origin myths 247 



Clan song 249 



Clan names 240 



The Elk clan 249 



Introduction 249 



Origin myth 250 



Clan names 250 



Snake and Fish clans 250 



Clan names 250 



Clan names 251 



Chapter X. — Shamanistic and medicinal practices 254 



Introduction 254 



Tales concerning Midjistega 255 



Lincoln's gi'andfather 258 



The uses of the stench-earth medicine , 259 



How an Indian shaman cures his patients 270 



Thundercloud's fasting e.xperience 275 



Chapter XI. — Religion 277 



Introduction 277 



The concept of supernatural power 281 



The concept and nature of the spirits 283 



The power and localization of the spirits 288 



The twofold interpretation of the relation of the spirits to man 289 



The guardian spirits 290 



Personal religious experiences 291 



How Wegi'ceka tried to see Earthmaker 291 



Account of J.'s fasting 293 



R.'s fasting 296 



Aratcge'ka's fasting 296 



Account of X.'s fasting 298 



How Y. fasted and was blessed with a war bundle 299 



What G. obtained in his fast 300 



How a bear blessed a man 301 



How the daughter of Mank'erexka refused a blessing from Disease- 

 giver 302 



Fasting experience 304 



J. B.'s fasting experience 308 



How a man defied Disease-giver 309 



Methods of bringing the spirits into relation with man 310 



The folkloristic concepts 311 



The cosmological ideas 316 



