May, 1905. 



The Cheyenne — Dorsey. 



85 



Fig. 16. Lone-tipi priest smoking sacred pipe. 



Horse, next in line, and 

 so the pipe was passed 

 on to the Chief Priest at 

 the end of the line, then 

 passed back unsmoked 

 to the Lodge-maker. 

 (See Fig. 16.) 



The assistant Chief 

 Priest handed a new 

 knife to the Chief Priest 

 who touched his finger 

 to the ground, put it to 

 his tongue, took a bite 

 of root, and spat upon 

 the knife five times, thus 



asking a blessing upon it and rendering it harmless. He passed it 

 back to the assistant Chief Priest who began to decorticate two sticks 

 about eight inches in length and fashion them into pipe tampers. 



The Lodge-maker now sent back to the camp-circle and asked 

 his wife to bring water and additional live coals. This she did, plac- 

 ing a bucket of water in front of the Chief Priest, who took a bite of 

 root and spat upon the water four times. She then took a drink and 

 handed the bucket to her husband who drank. The latter then held 

 the bucket to the lips of the Chief Priest in one hand, placing his 

 other hand on the Chief Priest's head.* 



The empty pipe was taken up by the Lodge-maker, filled, lighted 

 from the fresh coals, and smoked by the men in the line as before, 

 passed back unsmoked and cleaned by the Chief Priest and laid 

 down in front of the Lodge-maker. Bull-Tongue joined the priests 



and took a place beyond the Chief 

 Priests at the end of the line. 



The Third Earth. 

 The Chief Priest cleared a small 

 circular area about two feet in 

 diameter in front of him. (See Fig. 

 17.) The pipe was passed to him 

 and placed on the western edge of 

 this cleared space, the stem pointing 

 toward the south, the bowl upward. 



Fig. 17. 



1 he Chict Priest preparing to 

 form the earth. 



*It will be remembered that the Lodge-maker, his wife, and the Chief Priest began feasting 

 on the night before. They were not supjxjsed to drink until the following night. Drinking water 

 at this time therefore, was irregular, and required that the water first be purified. 



