literally obscured with a mass of pine. He sat in an upright position with
the legs extended and arms falling by his sides. A chant was sung by the
song priest, and in a few minutes Naiyenesgony and Tobaidischinni
appeared. Naiyenesgony drew his stone knife in front of the invalid over
the forehead to the feet, then down the right side and down the back and
down the left side. He then began to remove the pine. As each wreath was
taken off the clusters were partly separated with the stone knife.
Tobaidischinni assisted Naiyenesgony by holding the wreaths while they
were being cut.

When all the evergreen had been removed the personators of the gods
exclaimed, "Now, my people, we have killed all enemies!" and immediately
left the lodge. The song priest placed a small wreath of the pine on the
sick man's head, and holding in his left hand a bunch of eagle plumes, and
in his right hand a rattle, he sang the ten songs and prayers, assisted by
the choir, that were given by Naiyenesgony and Tobaidischinni to the
Navajo to bring health and good fortune. After the pine-bough wreaths had
been separated the bits of yucca-strings were picked up by the attendant
and handed to Naiyenesgony, who held them over the sick man's head, after
which the bits were again divided with the knife. After the ten songs and
prayers had been chanted the invalid left the rug and sat a little to the
northeast, of it, with his knees drawn up. The song priest placed two live
coals in front of the invalid and sprinkled chopped herbs on the coals,
the fumes of which the invalid inhaled. The pines were carried off and
placed in the shade of a pine tree, that the disease might not leave the
pine and return to the invalid.(2)

FOURTH CEREMONY.

The personators of Hasjelti and Hostjoghon adorned themselves for the
ceremony. Hasjelti wore ordinary clothing and a red scarf, with a silver
belt around the waist. Hostjoghon's body was painted white, and he wore a
red woolen scarf around the loins, caught on with a silver belt. A rug,
composed of a blanket and a piece of white cotton, was spread in front of
the song priest, and the masks of Hasjelti and Hostjoghon placed thereon.
(See Pl. CXV, 4,5,6.)

Upon the completion of the toilets of the personators of the gods they
hurried from the lodge, bearing their masks with them, when an attendant
made a cavity immediately in front of the rug 4 inches in diameter, and
the song priest sprinkled a circle of m