ns with the _kedan_. Again Hasche{~COMBINING BREVE~}lti enters with the
cross-sticks, repeating the former order, after which he gives the patient
four swallows of medicine,--a potion different from that first given,--the
medicine-man himself drinking what remains in the shell. This closes the
ceremony of the first day. There will, perhaps, be considerable dancing
outside the hogan, but that is merely practice for the public dance to be
given on the ninth night. The singer and the patient sleep in the hogan
each night until the nine days are passed, keeping the masks and medicine
paraphernalia between them when they sleep.

_Second Day_: Just at sunrise the patient is given the first ceremonial
sweat. This is probably given more as a spiritual purification than in
anticipation of any physical benefit. To the east of the hogan a shallow
hole is dug in the earth, in which are placed hot embers and
ashes,--covered with brush and weeds, and sprinkled with water,--upon which
the patient takes his place. He is then well covered with blankets. The
medicine-man, assisted by Hasche{~COMBINING BREVE~}lti and Haschebaad, places about the
patient a row of feathered _kedan_, and then commences to sing while the
patient squirms on the hot, steaming bed. After singing certain songs the
medicine-man lifts the blanket a little and gives the patient a drink of
medicine from a ceremonial basket. He is again covered, and the singing
goes on for a like time. Later the blankets are removed and Hasche{~COMBINING BREVE~}lti and
Haschebaad perform over the patient, after which he goes to the hogan. The
brush and weeds used for the bed are taken away and earth is scattered
over the coals. This sweating, begun on the second day, is repeated each
morning for four days: the first, as above noted, taking place east of the
hogan, and the others respectively to the south, west, and north. The
ceremonies of the second night are practically a repetition of those held
the first night. During the third song Hasche{~COMBINING BREVE~}lti enters with the
_Hasche{~COMBINING BREVE~}lti balil_, placing it four times in the prescribed order and
giving his call; then he goes out, re-enters, and takes from the medicine
basket four sacred reed _kedan_. These he carries in ceremonial order to
the four cardinal points: first east, then south, next west, lastly north.
Next stick _kedan_ are taken out of the basket, which holds twelve each of
the four sacred colors. These