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grass and placed it on the ground, so that the woman might drink with- 

 out soiling her dress. Such occurrences have been common. 



§ 106. Hospitality. — All who are present at meal-time receive shares 

 of the food. Even if some who are not on friendly terms with the host 

 happen to enter suddenly they partake. But only friends are invited 

 to feasts. Should one arrive after all the food has been divided among 

 the guests, the host gives part of his share to the new-comer, saying, 

 "Take that." The new-comer never says, "Give it to me." Should a 

 woman come the host gives her some of the uncooked food, and tells 

 her to take it home and boil it. Sometimes the host sees several unin- 

 vited ones looking on. Then he tells his wife to boil some food for them. 

 Or, if the wife was the first to notice their presence, she asks her hus- 

 band's permission. He replies, "Yes, do it." 



Here and there in the tribe are those who are stingy, and who do not 

 show hospitality. Should an enemy appear in the lodge, and receive a 

 mouthful of food or water, or put the pipe in his mouth, he cannot be 

 injured by any member of the tribe, as he is bound for the time being 

 by the ties of hospitality, and they are compelled to protect him, and 

 send him to his home in safety. But they may kill him the next time 

 that they meet him. 



When a visitor enters a lodge to which he has not been invited (as to 

 a feast), he passes to the right of the fire-place, and takes a seat at the 

 back of the lodge opposite the door. 



The master of the lodge may sit where he pleases ; and the women have 

 seats by the entrance. Sometimes there is an aged male kinsman staying 

 at the lodge, and his place is on the right side of the fire-place near the 

 entrance. (Frank La Fleche. Compare § 112, as given by his father.) 



MEALS, ETC. 



§ 107. Meals. — When the people were traveling in search of buffaloes, 

 they generally had but two meals a day, one in the morning before they 

 struck the tents, and one in the evening after they pitched the tents. 

 But if they moved the camp early in the morning, as in the summer, 

 they had three meals — breakfast, before the camp was moved; dinner, 

 when they camped again ; and supper, when they camped for the uight. 

 During the winter, they stopped their march early in the afternoon, and 

 ate but one meal during the day. When the camp remained stationary, 

 they sometimes had three meals a day, if the days were long. They ate 

 ja(dried buffalo meat), ^anu^a (fresh meat), and wata n zi (corn), which 

 satisfied their hunger. And they could go a long time without a meal. 

 Soup was the only drink during meals. They drank water after meals, 

 when they were thirsty. They washed the dishes in water, and rubbed 

 them dry with twisted grass. The trader's story in Long's Expedition to 



