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the lodge built for them. The people were pleased. They [[strikethrough]] went [[/strikethrough]] broke camp & went to the place where the lodge was. When the man enterred [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] he found 8 wild geese standing in there (these were dead stick struck through the breast) and the stick stuck in ground. The room circle of the lodge was covered with down feathers and the lodge smelled fine. The snipe was hung in the East of the lodge. The crane in the West. The Owl in the north and the Yellow Wood Knocker in the South. There was an image of a woman (made of mud) also on the north side of the lodge. On the South side was a large turtle.

The Chiefs the people went in & gave presents to the man