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INTRODUCTION. CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE. FIRST DAY. PERSONATORS OF THE GODS. SECOND DAY. DESCRIPTION OF THE SWEAT HOUSES. SWEAT HOUSES AND MASKS. PREPARATION OF THE SACRED REEDS (CIGARETTE) AND PRAYER STICKS. THIRD DAY. FIRST CEREMONY. SECOND CEREMONY. THIRD CEREMONY....
The corn stalk in the picture signifies the main subsistence of life; the square base and triangle are clouds, and the three white lines at the base of the corn stalk denote the...
1. Chapter 1INTRODUCTION. CONSTRUCTION OF THE MEDICINE LODGE. FIRST DAY. PERSONATORS OF THE GODS. SECOND DAY. DESCRIPTION OF THE SWEAT HOUSES. SWEAT HOUSES AND MASKS. PREPARATION OF THE SAC...
6. Chapter 6The song-priest having returned to the green room, emerged therefrom, followed by Hasjelti, who carried a fawn skin partially filled with meal, and by twelve dancers and Hostjog...
3. Chapter 3About noon a circular bed of sand, some four inches in height and four feet in diameter, was made. Five grains of corn and five pine boughs were laid thereon; four of the grains...
4. Chapter 4At early dawn the buffalo robe at the entrance of the lodge was slightly dropped from the doorway to admit the rays of approaching day. The masks which had been sung and prayed...
2. Chapter 2In placing the beads he also began at the north end of the rug. An aged attendant, under the direction of the song-priest, plucked downy feathers from several humming-birds and...
7. Chapter 7The Tolchini (a Navajo clan) lived at Wind Mountain. One of the brothers became crazy and he went off a long way, and on his return brought with him a pine bough; a second time...