Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ing a eeremonial of the Shumaakwe (see Esoteric fraternities) whencertain members of the >Iake hlannakwe (Great Fire fraternity) by invitation practised theirmystery medicine upon the sick of the Shumaakwe. who do not possess the secret. On anotheroeca-sion she was present when the patron gods of the Shumaakwe danced at a meeting of the Ma/kehlannakwe, and members of this fraternity visited the chamber of the Shumaakwe the same nightand practised their mystery medicine. There was a special meeting
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . ing a eeremonial of the Shumaakwe (see Esoteric fraternities) whencertain members of the >Iake hlannakwe (Great Fire fraternity) by invitation practised theirmystery medicine upon the sick of the Shumaakwe. who do not possess the secret. On anotheroeca-sion she was present when the patron gods of the Shumaakwe danced at a meeting of the Ma/kehlannakwe, and members of this fraternity visited the chamber of the Shumaakwe the same nightand practised their mystery medicine. There was a special meeting of the Shumaakwe fraternityprevious to the solstice of 1896 to initiate the new Komosonaof the Kotikili into the fraternity, thathe might be provided with a mili (see p. 416). The Klakwemosi wished him to possess the sacredfetish for his visit to Kothluwalawa (see pi. iv) upon the occasion of the summer solstice ceremo-nial. The Komosona was not a member of any esoteric fraternity previous to his initiation into theShumaakwe. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT PL. XIX. AGED MAN OF DEER CLAN stevenson] WINTER SOLSTICE CEREMONIES 113 are made by a member of the Bear elan. Two other men, belongingrespectively to the Deer and Bear clans, make eaeh four reason for confining the preparation of these idols and theirgames to the Deer and Bear clans is given in the words of the elderbrother Bow priest: When the two gods were once going about the country, the elder spoke, address-ing the younger: Who is your father? The deer is mine. The younger, whowasjust a little more venturesome and braver than the elder, replied: The bear is myfather. At this season the images are carved from pola (Populus fremontii).For the scalp ceremonial they must be made of ashekia (Pinus pon-derosa) that has been struck by lightning. Seven members of the Apilashiwanni are designated by the elderbrother Bow priest to make the paraphernalia for the elder God ofWar, and the sam
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