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was always with a rising inflection. From him I learned that members of the sub-gentes were forbidden to give the rituals, they must come only from the Wa-wor, the elders or the true gentes. He firmly believes that the death of Saucy-calf and Wa-'thu-xa-ge was due to their giving the rituals. He said that although he knew parts of the rituals he would have no right to give them. All this was rather gratuitous for I had not spoken of the rites at all. It may be that all this was a form of a bid for me to ask him to give the rituals. When we had had our talk he asked me to stay to supper. It was an early supper Boiled turkey, fried bread, fried potatoes, pies and cakes, and hot grape-juice, made up the menu. It was, on the whole, an interesting visit.

I saw Baron Rind last evening and from what he said it looks as though I might succeed in getting either old Ni-ro-wa-zhia-tor-ga or his brother to give me some rituals. I want to get out to Fairfax, where they are as soon as possible, but I must try to get the