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have sent I want much to see this. 

Are any of the pipes at all like the one belonging to the White Buff. Hide? It is a shame we have not that pipe.

We never had any notes about the sprinkling of children from Black Dog  You are thinking of the adoption ceremony. I will cut that out of my galley if you would like it & send it to you. Get all you can about [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] the sprinkling ceremony is connected with a name? it is interesting  I wonder if their water ceremonies are in any way survivals of ceremonies connected with the Sacred Shell. I think both fire & water were related to the Sacred Shell Ceremonies. I do hope you will catch something. In the Sixth Annual Report, Bureau of Eth. p. 377 J. O. Dorsey has a paper on Osage Traditions.  I've not had time to look it over to tell you about it.  I discovered it a few days ago.