122 An account of the War Customs of the Osages: [F 
After this each mourner or war captain gives to his pr | 
kettle-bearer a horse, which the servant sells to the man who 
give the most food for it. The food is brought in and cooked 
the adult kettle-bearers. The women are invited to a feast, 
the men eat none of the food. Each woman brings a bo 
flour, coffee, etc. The kettle-bearers run to meet them, take 
food and place it in a heap. At the end of the feast the 
bowls are handed to their owners. The food brought | 
women is cooked and the men have their feast. Should the 
ply be insufficient another horse is sold for food, the women 
invited to another feast, and they give more food in return for 
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Fic. 5.—Dance around the Village. 
men to eat. The dance is continued through the day, till 
half an hour before sunset. Sci 
Then they dance the U-dhu’-ta wa-tsi"’ or circle dance, im 
the Cheezhoo men dance from the west to the north, then 
the east and south, and round to the west again. Them 
the other side go in the opposite direction, In this dance 
first standard-bearer on the Hañka side tells one of his T 
in a song, as he dances, He is followed by the leading ~ 
zhoo standard-bearer. The principal Hañka standard-bearer 
and dances again, and is followed, as before, by the fisi E 
zhoo standard-bearer. So the two sing and dance 1n a 
they have sung about twelve songs. A whoop is a 
men march a short distance to perform the dance called 
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