were seated outside of the lodge, south of the
entrance. The dieties personated in this occasion were the gods Hasjelti
and Taadotjaii, and the goddess Tebahdi. Haskjelti wore black velvet and
silver ornaments, with red silk scarf around the waist. Taadotjaii was
nude, his body being painted a reddish color. The limbs and body were
zigzagged with white, representing lightning and downy breast feathers of
the eagle, and in his right hand a gourd rattle devoid of ornamentation.
Yebahdi wore the ordinary squaw's dress and moccasins, with many silver
ornaments, and a large blanket around her shoulders touching the ground.
Hasjelti approached dancing, and sprinkled meal over the buffalo robe, and
the invalid stood upon the robe. Hasjelti, followed by Zaadoltjaii, again
entered the circle and sprinkled meal upon the robe. The goddess Yebahdi
following, stood within the circle some 20 feet from the robe on the east
side and facing west. Hasjelti, amidst hoots and anties, sprinkled meal
upon the invalid, throwing both his hands upward. Immediately Zaadoltjaii,
with arrow in the left hand and rattle int he right, threw both hands up
over the invalid amidst hoots and antics. They then passed to Yebahdi, who
holds with both hands a basket containing the two yellow ears of corn
wrapped with pine twigs that were used in the children's ceremony, and
indulged in similar antics over the goddess. As each representative of the
gods threw up his hands she raised her basket high above and in front of
her head. Hasjelti, together with Zaadoltjaii and Yebahdi, then passed
around within the circle to the other three points of the compass. At each
point Yebahdi took her position about 20 feet from the buffalo robe, when
Hasjelti and Zaadoltjhaii repeated their performance over the invalid and
then over Yebahdi each time she elevated the basket. The invalid then
entered the lodge, followed by the representatives of the gods, who were
careful to remove their masks before going in. The invalid sat on the
cornstalk in the center of the sand painting, facing east. Zaadoltjaii
stepped upon the painting, and taking the little medicine gourd from the
hands of the rainbow goddess, dipped the cedar twig into the medicine
water and sprinkled the painting, beginning at the south side. Zaadoltjaii
gave the invalid a draft from the gourd, and waving the gourd from left to
right formed a circle, amidst the wildest cries. He gave three more drafts
to the invali