May, 1905. 



The Cheyenne — Dorsey. 



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took the sinew and tore from it five shreds and placed them across 

 his hands as in the rite already described, the act of closing the hand 

 now representing people coming together to be united. 



The Lodge-maker moved toward the west and sat between the 

 assistant Chief Priest and the Chief Priest. He opened out his 

 buffalo robe and placed on it some tobacco. The Chief Priest then 

 prepared the hands of the Lodge- 

 maker by the usual method; then 

 the assistant Chief Priest, taking 

 the two hands of the Lodge-maker 

 with his own, caused him to pick 

 up the bowl of the pipe (see Fig. 

 29), draw it toward him, pausing 

 four times, and stand it on end. 

 He then caused him to pick up 

 the sinew, make a circular motion 

 with it over the pipe bowl, and 

 four passes toward the bowl, and 

 then the sinew was placed in the 

 pipe. Next the assistant Chief 

 Priest caused him to make four 

 passes and grasp the tamper, with 

 which he caused him to make the circular motion and the four passes, 

 and then to push the pellet of sinew half-way down the pipe, measur- 

 ing with the tamper itself to locate the exact division. Contin- 

 uing to grasp the hands of the Lodge-maker, the assistant Chief 

 Priest caused him to make one circular motion over the tobacco, 

 and four toward it, whereupon' a small pinch was placed in the bowl 

 at the southeast side, the Lodge-maker's hands circling the bowl and 

 being directed toward it four times. Again the circular motion was 

 made, and the four passes, and another pinch of tobacco was picked 

 up, which was again circled around the bowl of the pipe and motioned 

 toward it four times and placed in the southeast corner. With 

 similar movements a pinch was placed in the northwest and north- 

 east corners and in the center of the bowl. The circular motion 

 and the four passes were made to pick up the tamper. The circular 

 motion and passes were made toward the bowl and the tobacco was 

 tamped. These movements were continued three additional times. 

 The pipe was then completely filled without further formality and 

 smoothed down at the top with the thumb. A circular motion was 

 made over the tobacco, and, with the assistant Chief Priest still 

 directing the Lodge-maker's hands, he brought the bowl forward 



Fig. 29. Picking up the bowl of the 

 sacred pipe. 



