Rod and gun . 11/4 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. Good &ider of the first day and the forenoon ofthe second. The branches werecarried on the backs of ponies. By noon of the second day thework was pretty well completed. Anopening had been left on the eastside; and within, facing it, had beenbuilt against the opposite wall a lit-tle inner booth for the accommoda-tion and comfort of the presidingmedicine man. This eminent personage was specially im-ported for the occasion from the Blackfoot re-serve many miles away, and his chief duty wasto prevent the festivities from being spoiled byrain. To accomplish
Rod and gun . 11/4 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. Good &ider of the first day and the forenoon ofthe second. The branches werecarried on the backs of ponies. By noon of the second day thework was pretty well completed. Anopening had been left on the eastside; and within, facing it, had beenbuilt against the opposite wall a lit-tle inner booth for the accommoda-tion and comfort of the presidingmedicine man. This eminent personage was specially im-ported for the occasion from the Blackfoot re-serve many miles away, and his chief duty wasto prevent the festivities from being spoiled byrain. To accomplish this purpose it Vvasnecessary for him to remain for the entire threedays and nights in his little airy bower, aboutsix feet square, not once leaving it, but sleepingon the ground at night, and having his mealsbroug*ht to him during the day. About five oclock in the afternoon, thebuilding of the lodge having been completed,the preliminaries to the dance commenced. Thetune of the tom-toms, which had been droningat intervals all aftern
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