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a Ceremonial ground or "Stomp ground" in the Greenleaf Mountains between Braggs
 and Illinois stations, Okla. Although in the territory of the former Cherokee
 Nation, it is arranged like the great squares of the Creek Indians. It is used by
 Creeks, Cherokee, and a few Natchez. The four cabins shown correspond to the
 four of the Creeks, and like the Creek cabins, each has four benches, but instead
 of two transverse partitions there is only one, poorly marked. The firein the cen-
 ter was made by means of four logs, one end of each pointing inward. Unlike
 the usual Creek assignment, the south bench here is said to be the one occupied bv
 the chiefs. The three others are assigned to male visitors indiscriminately, while
 the women sit on other seats on the edge of the square


b The ball ground back of the west cabin of the great square. The central pole has
 a fish at the top which rival bodies of players try to hit with the ball. Just back
 of this ball ground, on the opposite side from the square, is where the feast is
 prepared
 FESTIVAL GROUNDS


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