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^[[ [[underlined]] Dec 20 [[/underlined]] ]]
^[[ [[underlined]] x-x copied about Earth lodge [[/underlined]] ]]

Pawnee, O. T-
Decr 2nd 1898.

Miss Alice C. Fletcher:

My Friend, both of the letters reached me and thank you for sending money. I did not care myself but the old man needs little money for he does not work.

In regard to the ritual the 3 bands are the same while Skee dees differ. Skee dees commences with the same as Sitting Bull and starts in with the warriors and about Rah-oo then Rah-we-so [[/underlined]] Smoke- and [[Cha?]]-oct to Su askes from prairie fire when Warriors would come victorious it was customary to sit prairie fire and so the smoke could be seen by folks at home. Folks at home would know Warriors were coming victorious for they have set grass a fire to get the black ashes to paint their faces [[?]] -

[[paragraph symbol]] There they bring in the prayer to the heavenly bodies - more especially to the four in the West, and lastly to Tara-ma-and how he answered their victory by success in capturing ponies again there does the Skee-dee ritual commences to call upon the Heavenly