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and in content. The difference between it and a society 
like the night-spirit dance lies in the fact that although the 
five principal participants must have specific blessings (bundles), 
they must at the same time belong to the clan. To what 
extent a member of one clan who has obtained a bundle from 
some other clan-spirit can take part in the specific clan feast 
of the latter, it is difficult to determine, but in the buffalo 
feast, assuming that this is unquestionably the real Buffalo 
clan feast, and there seems to be little doubt of it, any person 
who has obtained a bundle from the buffalo can participate, 
although the leader must always belong to the Buffalo clan. 
This example may be taken as an indication of the historical 
origin of these feasts, namely, that they are really religious 
societies in which the influence of the clan has restricted the 
number of individuals who are ordinarily supposed to occupy 
the five places of honour. That this restrictive influence 
of the clan was caused by the identity of the clan animal with 
the guardian spirit, there can be little doubt. 
Phonetic Key. 
a, as in German Mann, 
e, as in French itS. 
e, as in English men. 
i, as in English pique, 
c, as in English pin. 
o, as in English note. 
o, as in German voli. 
u, as in English food, 
u, as in English put. 
9, obscure vowel like a of English idea. 
c , denotes nasalization of vowel. 
p, ng of English sing. 
p, n pronounced with tip of tongue against upper teeth. 
Y, voiced guttural spirant, g of North German sagen. 
', denotes aspiration. 
*, denotes that preceding vowel is long. 
', denotes main stress. 
