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ornaments. Lack, kowever, Kas a wkistle. Aatksr in a rin§ akout Ike main post, Kolding tke poles in tkeir Knuds, and tksn dance. IVKen tke^ stop, tke^ strike tks post witk tks poles. Ike^ do tkis tour times (dancing and striking tks pole), and tken stop, Ilksn several men coins ont, sack witk a keatksr rope, as kelore, and dance around lour tirnss, MMpinA akont and toward tks rnain post as tke^ dance. It is not Hnits clear wketker tkis ends tkis dance, or wketker tks lollowinZ ceremony is a part ol tks dance Kers descriked. ^.t an)i rate, tks ceremony tkat kollows is closely connected witk tks dance. In tkis ceremony a kein§ is represented called "Lloud- Lpirit" (VZ/tinA ku^kini). He is painted red all over, wears a lorm ok ka^ws in wkick tke two lonZ sticks are replaced k)i a single stick, covered witk leatkers, worn vertically, and not pro^jectinA korisontall^. lrin^e ok kair is worn over Kis lace, and Ke carries a kow and arrow. He dresses outside tke dancs-kouse in tke woods somewksre, and in tke latter part ol tks alternoon cornss to tks dancs-kouse, and rnakes a kundie ok sticks similar to tkoss krou^kt k)i tke ma^ki, and k)i various otker dancers already descriked. Ikis kundls Ke drops at tke door ok tke dancs-kouse, and tksn at once runs awa)i. swilt runner is at once dsspatcked alter kirn, kearinA tke payments lrorn sack rnan, required k)r tke kundls ol sticks. IVKen tke runner Kas nearly cau^kt up witk Lloud- Lpirit, tke latter turns, and clauses tks ksarer kack to tks door ol tke dancs-kouse. Hers Ke stops, and keckons witk Kis kand slowly, Krst to tke soutk, tken east, tksn nortk, and last to tke west. Us tken keckons to tke senitk and to tke nadir, and, taking tke payment wkick tks runner kad krouZkt, carries it awa)i, and Aoes to tks river. Here Ke waskes tke paint olk, and wkile so doinZ pra^s tkat tks runner wko krouZkt tks payment ma;r die. "kkis is done, kscauss tks latter, kavinZ keen scared k)i Lloud-Lpirit, would pra^ lor Kis dsatk. Il kotk do tkis, neitker is karinsd. Lorne time alter tkis, in Na^, tks KL^si is keld once rnors, tkis keinZ tke dance witk wkick tks dancinZ-season ke^an. It is keld in exactly tke sains manner as kelore; and wken it is