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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A ceremony of the Pawnee Indians, intended to benefit certain individuals by bringing to them the promise of children, long life, and plenty, and establishing at the same time a bond between the persons taking part in it, thus insuring friendship and peace between different clans or tribes.

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