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confined and certain tribal regalia deposited. The informants were 

 not, iiowever, at all clear about these facts, some even denying that 

 there was a Warrior lodge and insisting that prisoners were confined 

 in the Bear or Soldier lodge. 



According to one informant the Warrior and Bear clans could give 

 each other orders that had to be obeyed. 



The members of the Warrior clan claimed that all the members 

 of the clan were warriors and did not have to fast in order to obtain 

 the right of starting out on a war party. This was vigorously denied 

 by the members of the other clans, who referred to this claim with 

 derision. There seems, however, to be no reason for questioning the 

 fact that the clan had a special lodge and that it was intimately 

 connected with war functions. Exactly what these were it is quite 

 impossible to state, as they have not been exercised for a very long 

 time. 



The first two clan songs are given on page 220. The clan facial 

 decoration, used only at burial, and which were supposed to be 

 marks of recognition in the spirit land, are as follows: A red line 

 alternating with a black and another red line across the forehead, 

 and a red line around the mouth. One informant claimed that only 

 the three marks on the forehead were necessary, and that in times 

 of war blood was used for the red marks (pi. 40). ■ 



According to an informant of the Thunderbird clan, the Warrior 

 clan functions were as follows: 



The Warrior clan 's position in the tribe is that of general warrior. He can kill an 

 enemy at any time without breaking any of the rules of the tribe. Every other 

 clansman who wishes to go on the warpath must fast and be blessed by the spirits 

 with specific blessings before he can do this. 



There may have been a special feast associated with the Warrior 

 clan, but the author never heard of it. The clan possessed a number 

 of war bundles. 



ORIGIN MYTH 



(told by a member of the clan) 



In the beginning, Earthmaker made four men. Then he sent 

 them to the earth. Within Lake, there, they landed and they alit 

 on the branch of a tree. There were four branches and each one alit 

 on one branch. And then on the earth they jumped and started 

 walking toward the east. There they erected a camping place. 

 There they started the fire. It was the principal fire. Then they 

 started to look for food, but they were unable to find any. So the 

 second brother was sent, but he was not able to get any animal, but 

 he brought a man. Because he brought it, for that reason, the first 

 male child we have shall be called He-who-eats-Jiwmans. Then the 

 second one, him whom they called the warrior, was sent. Thus it 



