[348] Nor. Tr., p. 342; Nat. Tr., p. 309.
[349] Nat. Tr., p. 255.
[350] Ibid., ch. x and xi.
[351] Ibid., pp. 138, 144.
[352] See Dorsey, Siouan Cults, XIth Rep., p. 413; Omaha Sociology, Third Rep., p. 234. It is true that there is only one sacred post for the tribe, while there is a nurtunja for each clan. But the principle is the same.
[353] Nat. Tr., pp. 232, 308, 313, 334, etc.; Nor. Tr., 182, 186, etc.
[354] Nat. Tr., p. 346. It is true that some say that the nurtunja represents the lance of the ancestor who was at the head of each clan in Alcheringa times. But it is only a symbolic representation of it; it is not a sort of relic, like the churinga, which is believed to come from the ancestor himself. Here the secondary character of the explanation is very noticeable.
[355] Nat. Tr., pp. 614 ff., esp. p. 617; Nor. Tr., p. 749.
[356] Nat. Tr., p. 624.
[357] Ibid., p. 179.