﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  TFIE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  Jl 
  

  

  5 
  Xo 
  one 
  but 
  members 
  may 
  engage 
  in 
  its 
  ceremonies. 
  

  

  6 
  A 
  person 
  may 
  become 
  a 
  member 
  by 
  dreaming 
  it 
  necessary 
  or 
  

   by 
  asking 
  for 
  its 
  services. 
  

  

  7 
  Its 
  membership 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  classes, 
  the 
  first, 
  consisting; 
  

   of 
  members 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  phratry 
  of 
  four 
  greater 
  clans 
  and 
  the 
  

   second, 
  of 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  five 
  lesser 
  clans. 
  

  

  8 
  In 
  its 
  ceremonies, 
  special 
  costumes 
  are 
  worn 
  and 
  fans 
  made, 
  

   of 
  feathers 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  hand 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  dancers. 
  

  

  9 
  The 
  Bird 
  Society 
  rattle 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  dried 
  gourde 
  

   into 
  which 
  a 
  dozen 
  or 
  so 
  kernels 
  of 
  corn 
  have 
  been 
  inclosed, 
  and 
  

   fitted 
  with 
  a 
  wooden 
  handle. 
  Small 
  bark 
  rattles 
  are 
  used 
  patterned, 
  

   after 
  the 
  bark 
  false-face 
  rattles. 
  

  

  10 
  In 
  its 
  public 
  ceremonies 
  each 
  class 
  of 
  members 
  is 
  represented 
  

   by 
  two 
  dancers, 
  and 
  two 
  speakers. 
  

  

  11 
  The 
  dancers 
  dance 
  in 
  a 
  squatting 
  position. 
  

  

  12 
  During 
  the 
  ceremony 
  any 
  speaker 
  desiring 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  speech 
  

   s^trikes 
  a 
  striped 
  pole 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  pole 
  keeper 
  and 
  immediately 
  the 
  

   song, 
  rattles, 
  and 
  dancers 
  become 
  silent. 
  After 
  a 
  speech 
  the 
  speaker 
  

   prese::ts 
  the 
  dancers 
  with 
  a 
  gift 
  of 
  bread 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  thing 
  of 
  

   which 
  birds 
  are 
  fond. 
  

  

  13 
  Each 
  speaker 
  in 
  his 
  address 
  upholds 
  the 
  clans 
  which 
  he 
  repre- 
  

   sents 
  and 
  derides 
  the 
  others 
  until 
  the 
  closing 
  draws 
  near 
  wdien 
  each 
  

   apologizes 
  for 
  his 
  derogatory 
  remarks 
  and 
  begs 
  to 
  be 
  pardoned^ 
  

  

  14 
  In 
  its 
  private 
  sessions 
  the 
  members 
  feast 
  on 
  a 
  boar's 
  head.. 
  

  

  15 
  Public 
  ceremony 
  of 
  the 
  Bird 
  Society 
  has 
  only 
  recently 
  been- 
  

   the 
  custcvm. 
  

  

  Ic'dos 
  O-'d'-no, 
  or 
  Society 
  of 
  Mystic 
  AniinaJs 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  ritual 
  of 
  this 
  society 
  consists 
  of 
  several 
  score 
  of 
  songs 
  

   and 
  several 
  dances. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  society 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  among 
  the 
  Senecas 
  

   by 
  the 
  western 
  Iroquois-speaking 
  people. 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  principal 
  ceremonies 
  are: 
  

  

  (7 
  Gai-iii" 
  -we'^' 
  o's;o-wa 
  

   b 
  Ga-ha-di-ya" 
  go'^ 
  

   c 
  Gai'-do 
  

  

  4 
  While 
  chanting 
  the 
  rituals 
  rattles 
  of 
  dried 
  gourds 
  are 
  used 
  

   exclusively 
  for 
  keeping 
  time. 
  

  

  5 
  During 
  the 
  {b) 
  and 
  (c) 
  ceremonies, 
  mentioned 
  above, 
  only- 
  

   one 
  member 
  sings 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  

  

  6 
  The 
  Ic"-dos 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  strictlv 
  secret 
  oroanization. 
  

  

  