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Dahcotah

CHAPTER IV
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Listen not to the warrior who says he loves." And she passes from their sight as the morning mists.
U-MI-NE-WAH-CHIPPE; OR, TO DANCE AROUND.
I have noticed the many singular notions of the Sioux concerning thunder, and especially the fact that they believe it to be a large bird.

They represent it thus.

[Illustration:] This figure is often seen worked with porcupine quills on their ornaments.

Ke-on means to fly.
Thunder is called Wah-ke-on or All-flier.

U-mi-ne-wah-chippe is a dance given by some one who fears thunder and thus endeavors to propitiate the god and save his own life.
A ring is made, of about sixty feet in circumference, by sticking saplings in the ground, and bending their tops down, fastening them together.


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