May, 1905. 



The Cheyenne — Dorsey. 



the motions twice with his 

 left hand. He grasped the 

 pipe with both hands and 

 moved them slowly upward, 

 each time rubbing his hands 

 around the stem. By con- 

 tinuing this movement four 

 times he reached the end of 

 the bowl, where he rubbed 

 his hands over the end of 

 the tobacco. (See Fig. 31.) 

 The assistant Chief Priest 

 laid the pipe down by the 

 side of the skull, first making 

 four passes, the stem point- 

 ing toward the east. The 

 tamper was put between the 

 pipe and the skull. 



Fig. 31. Paintint; the sacred pipe. 



The Earth-Peg and the Fire-Spoon. 

 As the earth-peg, or digging stick, and the fire-spoon could not 

 be made within the tipi, Good-Man and Medicine-Bundle left the 

 tipi and began work outside on two cottonwood sticks about five 

 feet long, which had been placed there for that purpose; the former 

 preparing the peg, the latter the spoon. (See PI. XXVI.) Before 

 applying a knife to the wood both priests motioned it towards the 

 stick four times. Then Medicine-Bundle measured on his stick from 

 his left elbow to the finger tip of his right hand. The spoon (see 

 Fig. 32) when finished was five feet eight inches in length, had a 



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Fig. 32. The fire-spoon. 



long, straight handle and a narrow bowl ten inches in length, the 

 distance being measured by doubling the length from the wrist 

 to the finger tip. It is used only in the Sun Dance lodge by the 

 Lodge-maker in carrying coals, and is so constructed as to prevent 

 fire from dropping as he carries it.* 



The stick to be used as the peg was measured by Good-Man 

 from his left shoulder to the finger tip of his right hand. When 



•This action is symbolic of fire in the tipi, which he wishes to bum as the lodge fire does, for 

 they formerly took fire to their homes and it burned and gave them health. They surrounded 

 the fire with bent sticks, or tongs, each eager to get ahead of the other. 



