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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  Otters 
  are 
  specially 
  active 
  during 
  the 
  midwinter 
  ceremony 
  

   and 
  when 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  thrown 
  over 
  their 
  heads 
  it 
  very 
  often 
  freezes, 
  

   but 
  this 
  is 
  only 
  something 
  to 
  be 
  enjoyed. 
  The 
  women 
  when 
  pos- 
  

  

  sessed 
  with 
  the 
  spirit 
  of 
  the 
  otter 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  unaware 
  of 
  their 
  

   actions 
  and 
  sometimes 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  particularly 
  zealous 
  the 
  

   whistle 
  of 
  the 
  otter 
  is 
  heard. 
  This 
  greatly 
  frightens 
  the 
  people 
  

  

  