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of the priest as it held the pipe, while the latter motioned it to the 

 dancer four times, whereupon he took it to the fire and lighted it and 

 turned to the priest, who made similar motions with the pipe, which 

 was then passed along the line of priests unsmoked, to the eastern 

 end, where it was smoked four times and was then passed back toward 

 the west end of the line, each man taking four puffs. The pipe was 

 then returned unsmoked to the priest to whom it was originally pre- 

 sented, who tamped it four times after making a ceremonial pass for 

 each of the four directions on the bowl, then in the center; he emptied 

 the ashes and tamped three additional times without, however, making 

 the five passes toward the bowl. The pipe was now reversed with the 

 point of the stem resting upon the ashes. Holding it in his left hand, he 

 rubbed down, from the bowl toward the ground, with his right hand, 

 finally placing the palm of this hand directly upon the ground. The 

 pipe was then transferred to the other hand, and so, back and forth, 

 until each hand had rubbed the pipe twice. The pipe was then held 

 so that the point of the stem was directed toward himself, and he 

 rubbed it with his two hands alternately back toward his body. The 

 pipe was again stood on end with the stem downward, the bowl point- 

 ing backward, whereupon the owner received it from the priest, as he 

 did when about to light it; now, however, holding it first on his right 

 side, then on his left, repeating this movement twice, and then direct- 

 ing it at the center of his breast. The owner now carried his pipe 

 with him and sat down in his proper place in the line of the dancers. 



THE DANCERS PAINTED. 



The time has now come for the grandfathers to paint the dancers. 

 On the removal of the food from the lodge by the wives of the dancers, 

 they returned, bringing with them several buckets of water and many 

 bunches of sage. The sage was placed to soak by the dancers in the 

 buckets of water, in the following manner: Great care was taken to 

 place the first bunch at the southeast corner of the bucket, the second 

 at the northeast corner, the third at the northwest corner, the fourth 

 at the southwest corner, and the fifth they thrust down in the center 

 of the bucket; there were thus five bunches placed in each bucket. 

 The Crier now called for wood, and a fire was soon kindled above the 

 ashes of the fire of the preceding night. Whereupon Wandkayl made 

 his war speech as he added one stick after another. The dancers now 

 completely disrobed except for the loin-cloth and blanket, and one after 

 another resumed his position in front of his grandfather, sitting on 

 sage. With the bucket of water in front of him, the grandfather 



