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19 oH . zZz sslk, Ke would aid ids sinZinN ok sonZs, and tke use ok various roots, and tks smolcinA ok iris stone pipe. Ik tks leader were not a skaman, and desired to kecome one, de was put tkrou^k a ceremony known as zio^mekusu. Lorne skaman wko was a memksr ok tks society would, eitker k^ touck or k^ placing somstkin§ in tks kood ok tire leader, cause sorns srnall aniinal to enter Kis dod^. Luck anirnals or insects were Asnsrall^ rnics, criclcets, Zrasskoppers, etc. Lkould tke leader succeed in expelling tks aniinal or extract it kimselk, lie was considered as ekAikle kor tks position ok skaman or ^o^rnL. Ik, on tke otker kand, it required tke assistance ok some skaman to extract tlie ok^'ect, k^ sucking, tlien tlie leader was tkouZkt not to lie kitted kor tlie task, and was regarded merely as tlie leader ok tlie society. Iks term ku/uku is tks name used also kormsrl^, it is said, kor tlie pins or koomer squirrel, lkke name now used kor tliis animal is tu^uku. Us was, it is said, ok Zrsat service to tlie people, in tks ksZinninN, in kslpinZ tksm ^atker pine-nuts and acorns. kormsrlz^ tlie leader was a person ok importance wksn a villaAs or part^ ok people went to anotksr village kor anv ceremonial or kestival. like entire kod)i ok visitors would Zatker some distance krom tks place wkers tksv were AoinA, and tksn, kormed in procession, under Kis leaderskip tkev would enter tks vikaM. Ikis custom Kas now, kowsvsr, lonA keen ^iven up. Nxmonoox. iV series ok Naidu m/tks Kas already keen puklisksd in an earlier part ok tke present volume, and a ksw otksrs in a separate paper elsewksrs.^ considsrakls numksr ok ad ditional m^tks kavs since keen collected. It is intended to puklisk all ok tkess later in kull as texts, witk translations. I'rom a consideration ok tks m^tks ok tke Naidu tkus kar oktained, tke points ok Zreatsst interest are, I tkinlc, tks con- sidsrakle ds§res ok system and sequence wkick is skown kv tks mvtkoloAp ok tkis stock; tks importance Ziven to tks creation . .' Nixon, Some Oovats Stories krom tlie Nmliu Indians ok OLlitorniL (kaorns! ok ^mericLn ?ollc-I^>re, Vol. XIII, pp. -S7--70).