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other tradition or usages there is mention of the use of a shell, or the connection of a shell as a symbol with the rite.

What I am about to say may seem to you far fetched. Still I do not think so, we know so little as yet, only fragments, but it looks to me, that there is some connection between the Ancient Cedar Pole and the Sacred Shell of the Omaha, and possibly, I will not yet say probably, a connection between their ancient articles, and the [[bonewache?]] and tatooing. The name of the Ancient Cedar Pole and the name of the mark of honor are similar. The symbols [[insert]] tattooed [[/insert]] and the dance, are cosmic. The connection of the Eagle, the bird of high flight in the upper air, and the snake, which burrows in the mother Earth again touch upon fundamental ideas expressed in the ceremonies & symbols of the Inshta & sunda gens.[[insert]] and the formation of the huthuga. [[/insert]] The similarity is striking and one cannot think it mere accident. it seems reasonable that there is