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bago told the author that long ago a 3'oung man wanted to marry a 

 gu'l belongmg to his phratry and refused to listen to the entreaties 

 of his father and mother. Finally the father, m desperation, went 

 over to the lodge of a man belongmg to one of the clans into which 

 the yomig man could marry and asked for one of the sacred posses- 

 sions. It was, of course, refused, and when the man was asked what 

 other requests he wished to make, he asked that the host's daughter 

 be allowed to marry his son. This was, of course, granted, and thus 

 the boy was compelled to marry into the proper phratry. 



One Winnebago interpreted the custom in an entirely different 

 way. Exactly how much importance is to be attached to this 

 explanation it is hard to say. According to this informant, the 

 insult lay not in going to the fireplace or taking a firebrand, but in 

 asking for it. Tlie insult apparently consists in not taking it for 

 granted that anyone entering the lodge was permitted to do what 

 he wished. In other words, his asking was a breach of etiquette. 



The tyi^ical method of burial in the Thunderbird clan was scaffold 

 burial. It has long since been discontinued. 



The burial customs seem to have been the same for all the clans. 

 It may, however, be that in former times there were slight differ- 

 ences. For instance, in the first version of the Thunderbird clan 

 origin myth the statement is made that the branch of a tree was 

 placed at the gi'ave and a small stick, painted red, attached to it. 

 The author has no recollection of ever hearing the same statement 

 made in connection with any other of the clans. 



There are foiir songs associated with the Thunderbird clan. 

 These are supposed to have been sung by the clan ancestors when 

 they came to this earth, and are now always sung when a member 

 of the clan dies, and on a few other occasions. 



According to one informant, members of the Elk, Warrior, Deer, 

 and Buffalo clans acted as servants to the Thunderbird clan on 

 various occasions. The same informant also claimed that the 

 Warrior clansmen took specific orders from the Thunderbird clans- 

 men when on the warpath. 



According to another informant, Tliunderbird marks at death are 

 a haK circle on the forehead, made with charcoal. The proper 

 marking is, however, that shown in plate 46. 



Two dog names used in the Thunderbird clan are obtained — 

 pi^zaJcirutcga; Ica-^wakitcO^ga. 



The only feast specifically connected with the Thunderbird clan 

 was the so-called chief feast, of which a description will be found on 

 page 318. One of the divisions of the war-bundle feast is often con- 

 siilered as sacred to the thunderbird, but this is always the deity 

 thunderbird, not the ancestor of the clan. 



