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motion, for the round world, and then four times for the four direc- 

 tions, and rocked his hand back and forth and with the under side 

 of his wrist rubbed a small circular space upon the ground, which 

 the assistant Chief Priest enlarged. The Chief Priest plucked some 

 wool from his robe, rolled it into a ball, and placed it upon this new 

 formed earth.* 



Painting the Crier. 



The Lodge-maker now sat as number two in the circle, that is, 

 next to Bull-Tongue, near the door. Objects not required were 

 taken up and by the Chief Priest replaced in the bundle, which 

 was then tied up. Bull-Tongue disrobed. The Chief Priest and the 

 assistant Chief Priest besmeared their hands with red paint, break- 

 ing off a piece from the ball of paint which had been mixed with 

 tallow, and painted their faces, hair, and moccasins and passed the 

 ball of paint to the others in the circle, who also painted them- 

 selves. Bull-Tongue then received the ball of paint. He took up 

 the piece of braided sweet-grass, broke off two stems, and put them 

 in front of himself. A buffalo robe was passed to him, which he 

 wrapped over his shoulder, but not being quite ready for it, he 

 removed it and obtained a live coal from the pile of coals in the 

 center of the cleared space and placed it in front of him. He then 

 made five passes toward the ball of red paint and broke from it a 

 small pinch, which he placed in his left hand. He made five passes 

 toward the sweet-grass, picked it up and deposited it on the coal. 

 He next extended his hands in front of his body and held them 

 over the rising incense, palms together, and his right hand upper- 

 most. He turned his hands so that the left hand was uppermost; 

 again he turned them and held the right hand uppermost; again 

 with the left hand uppermost. He turned his hands so that the 

 palms were perpendicular arid held them in this position for a few 

 seconds. He then rubbed the palms together and touched him- 

 self lightly at four different places, beginning with his feet and pass- 

 ing toward his head. He then painted his face, hair, arms, breast, 

 legs, feet, belly, and back. He put on the buffalo robe, gathered it 

 around himself with the hair side out, being careful to so adjust 

 the robe that the head was directed to his right side. He placed 

 the second piece of sweet-grass on the coal, held his right hand over 

 the rising smoke, and placed it on his head. He did this with his 

 left hand. He gathered the robe tightly around himself, squatted 



*This, the second "earth," is spoken of as a "wallow." The rocking movement of the hand 

 mitated a buffalo wallowing. Inasmuch as people live on the buffalo, they go through this rite 

 to renew their bodies. Hence also people wallow like a buffalo and feel good. It should be noted 

 that this "wallow" or earth was larger than the one first made. 



