- entrance. 
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upon the ground four times, then he gives the pipe to one of the priests, 
who says, ‘‘Nawa.”” Then all say, ‘‘Nawa.’’ Two men are selected and 
they cut up the meat and boil it. The chief tells a certain young man 
to take some grease from the soup, to rub it upon the posts on the south- 
east, the southwest, the northwest, and the fireplace; then to the north- 
east. Then he is told to pour the grease into the center of the fireplace. 
He then gives the buffalo-horn spoon to the chief, who says, ‘‘Nawa,” and 
sits down. The meat is divided among the people and the chief speaks 
andsays: “Iamsatisfied. Weare about to go hunting. We have gone 
through this ceremony given to us by our forefathers. I have tried to 
go through it as nearly as I could the way they were told to do by Tirawa. 
We have given the call of the buffalo. The buffalo under the earth have 
heard. They will help to send the buffalo to us on the buffalo hunt. 
Arise, and go out of the entrance that is known as the ‘wonderful buffalo’s 
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2. THE FOUR GODS IN THE WEST. 
A long time ago, when the people were first put upon the earth, they 
were placed near what is now Nemaha, Nebraska. There the people who 
were first created, two in number, made their earth-lodge. This earth- 
lodge faced west. As these two people increased they had many children 
and they married. The old people gave the children who were married 
separate lodges. Now, these three lodges of the people were living upon 
artichokes, ground beans, and other things which they could dig up. The 
two people in the first lodge had a sacred bundle, and they had many 
children, as well as the children who had married. These other two 
people who had married now also had many children. These people all 
moved west. One village was always made behind, while the two other 
villages were made in front of the other one. On their journey they 
stopped at one place. They began to play with the gambling sticks? on 
the south side of the village. Among the people was one who did not 
seem to care for anything. One day,as they were playing with the sticks, 
this man came and sat down close by where the people were playing. 
When it became too dark to play with the sticks the people took the 
1Told by Thief, or Jackson-Crusoe, now one of the oldest members of the 
Kitkehahki tribe, and formerly of the recognized rank of warrior. This story 
is of special interest on account of its reference to Nemaha, Nebraska, as the 
original home of the ancestors of the Kitkehahki. The story of the four gods of 
the west is said to be the especial property of the altar originally in possession of 
the Kawarahkis, from which band, as noted in the introduction, the Kitkehahki, 
Pitahauirat, and Chaui are supposed to be descended. 
2This refers to the ring and javelin game of the Pawnee, in which the ring is of 
small size and the javelin bears two cross bars and symbolizes the buffalo. 
