been kept burning near the door, threw them in
front of the invalid, who still retained his seat in the center of the
painting. The theurgist placed herbs, which he took from a buckskin bag,
on the coals from which a very pleasant aroma arose. An attendant
sprinkled water on the coals and a moment after threw them out of the fire
opening. The song-priest gathered the wands from around the edge of the
painting and four attendants began to erase it by scraping the sands from
the cardinal points to the center. Again the people hurried to take sand
from the hearts, heads, and limbs of the figures to rub upon themselves.
The sands were gathered into a blanket and deposited at the base of a
pinon tree about one hundred yards north of the lodge. A chant closed the
ceremony.

SEVENTH DAY.

The first business of the day was the preparation of an elaborate sand
picture, and though the artists worked industriously from dawn, it was not
completed until after 3 o'clock. The paint grinder was kept busy to supply
the artists. It was observed that in drawing some of the lines the artists
used a string of stretched yarn instead of the weaving stick. When five of
the figures had been completed, six young men came into the lodge, removed
their clothes, and whitened their bodies and limbs with kaolin; they then
left the lodge to solicit food from the people, who were now quite thickly
gathered over the mesa to witness the closing ceremonies. The mesa top for
a mile around was crowded with Indians, horses, sheep, and hogans
(lodges); groups of 3 to 20 Indians could be seen here and there gambling,
while foot and horse racing were features of special interest. Indeed, the
people generally were enjoying themselves at the expense of the invalid.
The rainbow goddess, Nattsilit, surrounding the painting, was about 25
feet in length. Upon the completion of the painting the song-priest
sprinkled the figures with pollen as before described and planted the
feather wands around the pictures.

In the illustration of this painting, Pl. CXXIII, Hasjelti will be
recognized as the leader. He carries a fawn skin filled with sacred meal;
the spots on the skin are seven and in the form of a great bear. The fawn
skin indicates him as the chief of all game. It was Hasjelti who created
game. The first six figures following Hasjelti are the Ethsethle. The next
six figures are their wives. Toneennili, the water sprinkler (_to_, water,
and _yonily_, t