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The first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold Medicine

The first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold Medicine.jpg Big Birds’ ceremonyThumbnailsI put the weasel-skin cap on his headBig Birds’ ceremonyThumbnailsI put the weasel-skin cap on his headBig Birds’ ceremonyThumbnailsI put the weasel-skin cap on his headBig Birds’ ceremonyThumbnailsI put the weasel-skin cap on his headBig Birds’ ceremonyThumbnailsI put the weasel-skin cap on his headBig Birds’ ceremonyThumbnailsI put the weasel-skin cap on his headBig Birds’ ceremonyThumbnailsI put the weasel-skin cap on his head

For nigh a week my father and my two mothers were busy getting ready the feast foods for the wedding. On the morning of the sixth day, my father took from his bag a fine weasel-skin cap and an eagle-feather war bonnet. The first he put on my head; the second he handed to my sister, Cold Medicine. “Take these to Hanging Stone’s lodge,” he said.