of head of the
invalid, who repeated a long prayer after the theurgist, and the parcels
were given to an attendant, who carried them some distance from the lodge
to the north and placed them in a secluded shady spot upon the ground. Two
bits of tobacco were laid upon the ground and upon these the body was
placed, the figure in a recumbent position with the arms over the head.
The invalid for whom this ceremony was held spared no expense in having
the theurgist make the most elaborate explanation to his near relatives of
the secrets of the medicine tubes.

[Illustration]

CEREMONIAL MASKS.

THIRD CEREMONY.

The theurgist occupied his usual seat, surrounded by his corps of
attendants. The man personating Naiyenesgony had his body and limbs
painted black. The legs below the knee, the scapula, the breasts, and the
arm above the elbow were painted white. His loins were covered with a fine
red silk scarf, held by a silver belt; his blue knit stockings were tied
with red garters below each knee, and quantities of coral, turquois, and
white shell beads ornamented the neck. The man representing Tobaidischinni
had his body colored reddish brown, with this figure
[Illustration: scalp knot symbol]
(the scalp knot) in white on the outside of each leg below the knee, on
each arm below the shoulder, each scapula, and on each breast. This design
represents the knot of hair cut from the heads of enemies, and the style
is still in use by the Navajo. The man wore a red woolen scarf around the
loins, caught on by a silver belt, and his neck was profusely ornamented
with coral, turquois, and white beads.(1) Naiyenesgony and Tobaidischinni
left the lodge, carrying with them their masks. (See Pl. cxv, 1, 2, 3.)
Bunches of pine boughs, which during the forenoon had been made into
wreaths by joining pieces together with yucca in this fashion were
[Illustration: scalp knot symbol]
laid across each end of the rug.

After the two men personating the gods left the lodge the invalid entered
and took his seat on the rug with his back to the theurgist. Two
attendants dressed him with the wreaths, beginning with the right ankle; a
piece was then tied around the calf, thigh, waist, around the chest, right
wrist, elbow, upper arm, throat, forehead, then around the upper left arm,
elbow, wrist, thigh, left knee, calf, and ankle. Thus the man was