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bundle brought them jirosperity and good fortune. Hence there was 
much rivalry for their ownersliip, and the man who expended most 
of his property in jnirchasing one could always recuperate his loss by 
selling it again. The formal transfer was a solejnn ceremony that 
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Blackfoot crossing the P]ll)ow river, Alberta. (Photo hy vnurtvay of Catiadiiin 
A'ff t i oiia t R(i it ivays.) 
generally extended over many days and even weeks; for the new pui'- 
chaser had to learn not only the significance of all the objects in 
the bundle, but the full details of the visions to which they tradi- 
