ORIGIN OF THE CHAUI. 15 
the form of a mound, so that when the sun shall rise in the east he will 
see that mound. Fire willdomany thingsfor you. After you have com- 
pleted the fireplace, make the ground even inside of the lodge, leaving 
only one small mound in the west for an altar. Kill a buffalo and place 
the spirit of the buffalo will be present there when the rays of the sun 
shine uponit. For this reason always keep the skull on the altar, facing 
east, so that the first rays of the sun, as it enters the lodge, will shine upon 
it. Whenever you kill an animal, take fat and grease the parts so that 
you will remember that there are gods in the heavens, located as the 
posts of your lodge are. Whenever I, or the buffalo spirit, am away from 
the altar the minor gods will dwell there until we return. I will give 
- you asacred bundle to hang upon the wall over the altar. The woman 
will have charge of the bundle, and it is to be opened at certain times, so 
that you may see the things that are init. I also give you a pipe and 
native tobacco and mother-corn, and painted sticks with scalps on them. 
Keep these painted sticks stuck around outside of the lodge, one in each 
of the four directions. All of the animals and all of the birds shall have 
power from the bundle and they shall go in pairs and have increase, as 
you shall have. Remember the skull, for I have placed it in your lodge 
to live with you and communicate with you. Listen to the thunder, for 
it is your father’s voice. You must sacrifice things to him and to the 
other gods in the heavens. I now give you, man, a bow and arrows, 
which are to be known as the ‘wonderful bow and arrows.’ You, too, 
woman, I give a bow and arrows and also a hoe made from the shoulder 
blade of a buffalo; and seeds of four different colors, red, yellow, black, 
and white, and you shall have corn of these colors. Make a pot from 
the clay of the earth and cook the corn on the fire and eat it. I will tell 
you what herbs to eat and what ones to give to the sick. Eat these 
things and the flesh of animals.”’ 
When they had completed the lodge the woman was the first to enter 
it. She had with her some corn that she had raised from the seeds, and 
this she offered to the four gods, the southeast, southwest, northeast, and 
northwest. As she put the corn upon each post she pressed it upon the 
posts and rubbed upwards. The man killed an animal with his bow and 
arrows, from which he took the fat, and he greased the four posts and 
placed the skull upon the altar. After a time Tirawa spoke to them again 
and asked the man if he knew what the lodge represented. The man 
did not know. ‘Tirawa then spoke and said: “I told you to call the 
earth ‘mother.’ The lodge represents the mother’s breast. The smoke 
that escapes from the opening is like the ee flows from the mother’s 
