When the Master proposed that Tsi-tiau K'ai should enter the government service, the latter replied, "I can scarcely credit it."

E. Quiam, Kiang, Kian-ku, Kin-tchin-kian, or Yang-tsi-kiang.

You must pronounce it Tsi!

[Footnote 9: "Khar-sa-a-nu sa-qu-u-tu," forests thick] [Footnote 10: "Cu-uts-tsi," storms.]

The Fiends of Darkness gathered lie in wait, With Mammitu, the goddess of fierce hate, And Gibil with his spells, and Nibiru The twin-god of black Fate, and grim Nusku The keeper of red thunders, and Urbat The dog of Death, and fiend of Queen Belat; And Nuk-khu, and the black-browed Ed-hutu The gods of darkness here with Tsi-lat-tu.

[Footnote 8: "Tsi-lat-tu," shades of night.]

I Many years ago there lived in the Blood camp a boy named Screech Owl (A'-tsi-tsi).

This was the beginning of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi.

The I-k[)u]n-[)u]h'-kah-tsi contributed not a little to the entertainment of every-day life.

Those who were unfaithful to their husbands usually had their noses or ears, or both, cut off for the first offence, and were killed either by the husband or some relation, or by the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi for the second.

The I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi (All Comrades) were directly under the authority of the head chief, and when any one was to be punished, or anything else was to be done which came within their province as the tribal police, it was he who issued the orders.

The tradition of the origin of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi has elsewhere been given.

A number of the societies which made up the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi have been abandoned in recent years, but several of them still exist.

The societies known as Little Birds, Mosquitoes, and Doves are not really bands of the All Comrades, but are societies among the boys and young men in imitation of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi, but of comparatively recent origin.

Of all the societies of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi, the Sin'-o-pah, or Kit-fox band, has the strongest medicine.

In the old days, and, indeed, down to the time of the disappearance of the buffalo, the camp was always arranged in the form of a circle, the lodges standing at intervals around the circumference, and in the wide inner space there was another circle of lodges occupied by the chief of certain bands of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi.

The lodges of the chiefs of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi which were within the circle served as lounging and eating places for such members of the bands as were on duty, and were council lodges or places for idling, as the occasion demanded.

The inner circle shows lodges of chiefs of certain bands of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi.

BANDS OF THE I-KUN-UH'-KAH-TSI a. All Crazy Dogs. b. Dogs.

People who belonged to the Sin'-o-pah band of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi, if they were at war in summer and wanted a storm to come up, would take some dirt and water and rub it on the kit-fox skin, and this would cause a rain-storm to come up.

The centre post is now placed on the ground, surrounded by the poles and other smaller posts; and two bands of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi, the Braves, and the All Crazy Dogs approach.

It is said that, in old times, all the bands of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi took part in this ceremony.

An example of this peculiarity is seen in the case of the young man who visited the lodge of the starving family, in the story entitled Origin of the I-kun-uh'-kah-tsi.

One night a slave woke up, and heard a "tsi-tsi-nung-nung" and a "tsia-tsia" coming from within, and then quick breathing.

One night a slave woke up, and heard a "tsi-tsi-nung-nung" and a "tsia-tsia" coming from within, and then quick breathing.