the rug, the one to the north end being white; the second one black and
red, a white line dividing the two colors; the third one, blue; the
fourth, black. The white tube was an offering to Hasjelti; the red, to
Zaadoltjaii; the blue, to Hostjoboard; the black, to Naaskiddi, the
hunchback. The tubes were filled as before described. These tubes were
begun and finished by the same person. (See Pl. CXVI.) When the tubes were
finished they were put into corn husks and bits of cotton cloth; tiny
pieces of turquois, white shell, abalone, and archaic black beads having
first been placed on the husks and cloths. The four turkey plumes with
barred tips that lay upon the rug were subsequently placed upon the tubes.
These parcels were sprinkled by the song priest with corn pollen, and
after closing them he placed them in the hands of the invalid, who sat at
the northeast corner of the rug facing east. The song-priest sat before
him and said a long prayer, which the invalid repeated. At the close of
the prayer an aged attendant received the parcels from the theurgist and
placed them to the soles of the feet, palms, etc., of the invalid. They
were afterward placed to his mouth and he drew from them a long breath.
The old man carried the parcels south over the brow of a hill and
deposited them in secluded spots about 4 feet apart, repeating a brief
prayer over each one; he then motioned toward the east, south, west, and
north, and returned to the lodge. During his absence the choir sang; in
the meantime the fire in the lodge was reduced to embers.

THIRD CEREMONY.

About 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 of corn and four of the boughs were
placed to the cardinal points. The fifth and center branch of pine covered
most of the circle, its tips pointing to the east. The fifth grain of corn
was dropped in the center of the sand bed. (See Pl. CXVII, 1). Four of
these pine boughs were cut from the east, south, north, and west sides of
one tree. The fifth bough may be taken from any part of the tree. Of the
five grains of corn one must be white, one yellow, and one blue, and the
other two grains may be of either of these three colors. On this
particular occasion there were two blue, two white, and one yellow. These
grains were, after the ceremony, dried and ground by the theurgist and
placed among