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ointment made of red paint and fat [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] taken from Buffalo sacrificed to Te-ra-wa. & [[strikethrough]] wore the [[/strikethrough]] had the soft eagle feather stuck in his scalp lock. He went through camp crying the sacred ritual. I am not writing this to get you to spend money as you and Mr. LaFlesche done last year. I find if a person studies and gets these rituals & ceremonies they are getting some thing no white person ever got. Here they get the bottom of Indian religious mysteries-

By the way I had a letter from some fellow in