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weqaqa." This uwaweqaqa or iqta was never witnessed by J. La Fleche 

 and Two Crows. No one ever said to them, " I saw the uwaweqaqa in 

 the Wacicka dance." But they have heard persons speak in ridicule 

 of a woman who joined the dance without her husband. Of course, if 

 the woman's husband or other kinsman was present, he would be un- 

 willing for any stranger to abuse his wife or kinswoman. The women 

 admitted to this society were not necessarily the tattooed women. 



That there is some foundation for the statement that lewd rites oc- 

 curred during some part of the dance is more probable after a compar- 

 ison of the season for this dance with the Pouka phrase, " Wine, cleje 

 t\v . A^an'giqta!" — My little sister (or my female friend), grass abounds. 

 [Let us delight in each othet ! Frank La Fleche thinks that this is 

 without foundation. He says that four days were spent in the secret 

 initiation, the public ceremony taking place on the last day. 



; 255. When Frank La Fleche witnessed the public ceremony in the 

 lodge the members were stationed all around the circle. The four can- 

 didates were placed between the fire-place and the door, and thence they 

 began to dance around the fire, moving from left to right. As they 

 n ere dancing around, one of the members having an otter skin bag left 

 the outer circle, and began to follow them, moving in a circle between 

 that of the dancers and that of the members. While the singing was 

 going on, he shot at each of the four candidates with his sacred bag. 

 After these were shot at, all the members danced, and then any one of 

 them was at liberty to shoot at the others. 



§ 256. The I n Jcug$i dance.— P'-kug^si afi n 'ma, or Qub6 i"'-kug<j;i a<fi u/ - 

 rua, The society of those icho have the translucent stones. ja^i n -na n pajii says 

 that this is a bad dance, the members being " waspaji." Each member 

 hasone of thei u kug<fi, with which heorshe shoots at some one else. These 

 i"-kugfi are small stones which are translucent and white. The mem- 

 bers of this society claim the power of shooting secretly any some one 

 with deje or siduhi, and making him lame. <ja<j;i n naPpaji also says that 

 they sometimes shoot persons secretly with "^ama"'," which is a piece 

 of the iutestiue of a wolf, and about six inches long. This produces 

 fatal consequences. Frank La Fleche has heard this asserted, but it 

 is denied by Joseph La Fleche and Two Crows. They do not know 

 about the following, for which jafi n -na n paji is the authority : "In order 

 to shoot the i n -kug^i, it is put in a hollow at the base of the eagle fan, 

 which is waved forward very rapidly, hurling the stone to a great dis- 

 tance, about forty or fifty yards." 



There is no special season for this dance. They dance all day, and 

 sometimes at night ; and there are not separate places for the two sexes, 

 as men and women dance " iki<j;ib<j:a a ," mixed, or intermingled. 



Drums, rattles, etc., arc used, as in the Wacicka afi u . Some 

 men wear large leggings as well as breech -cloths; but no gay clothing. 

 The women wear sacques, leggings, red blankets, and bead necklaces ; 

 and they redden the parting of the hair and the cheeks somewhat as 



