40 CONTENTS 



Part III 



Page. 



Chapter XII. — Ceremonial organizatiun 317 



Introduction 'ill 



Ceremonies associated with the clans 318 



The clan feasts 318 



The Thunderbird clan or chief feast 318 



The Bear clan feast (first version) 321 



The Bear clan feast (second version) 324 



The Snake clan feast 325 



Chapter XIII. — Religious societies based on blessings from spirits 329 



Society of those who have received blessings from the Night Spirits 329 



Society of those who ha\'e been blessed by the Ilerok'a 343 



Society of those who have been blessed by the Buffalo spirits 344 



Society of those who have been blessed by the grizzly bear 347 



Chapter XIV. — The Medicine dance 350 



CJrigin myth 350 



Organization of the bands 359 



Personal accounts of initiation 374 



Chapter XV. — Miscellaneous dances 379 



The Hokixe're dance 379 



The Ilerucka dance 384 



Watconagk'en'e feast 384 



The Capti^•e's Death dance 384 



The Farewell dance 385 



The Soldier's dance 386 



Ceremony of Uangeru 387 



Feast to Bu ffalo Tail 387 



Kikre waci and Teebokona^k dances 387 



Chapter XVI.— The Peyote cult 388 



Cieneral description 388 



John Rave's account of the Peyote cult and of his conversion 389 



0. L.'s description of the Peyote cult 394 



J. B.'s account of the leader of the Peyote 396 



Albert Hensley's account of the Peyote 397 



J. B.'s Peyote experiences 400 



J. B.'s account of his conversion 412 



Jesse Clay's account of the Arapaho manner of giving the Peyote cere- 

 mony which he introduced among the Winnebago in 1912 41.T 



Development of the ritualistic complex 419 



Dissemination of the doctrine 422 



WTiat the converts introduced 424 



The attitude of the conservatives 425 



Chapter XVII. — The clan war-bundle feasts 427 



The war-bundle feast of the Thunderbird clan (first version) 427 



Introductory remarks 427 



Analytical jiresentation of the ceremony 428 



Analysis of types of action and speeches 432 



The development of the war-lnindle feast and its place in the cere- 

 monial organization of the Winnebago 432 



Characterization of the spirits mentioned in the war-bundle feast 436 



Description of the war-bundle feast 441 



First division of the ceremony — in honor of the Thunderbirds 447 



Sweat-lodge ritual -"- 447 



