May, 1905. 



The Cheyenne — Dorsey. 



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of the afternoon. The Lodge-maker carried in his right hand, 

 in addition to a bunch of sage, an eagle wing feather. The 

 two Arapaho were painted diflferently from the others. They 

 now went to the center-pole to receive certain special objects 

 with which they were to dance and which had been placed 

 there bv their grandfathers. These objects were slender wil- 

 low boughs about ten feet in length, to the upper end of which was 

 attached strips of calico (see Fig. 90), and a pipe, to the stem of 

 which was attached a 

 small bunch of sage. 

 (See Fig. 91.) They then 

 walked back and joined 

 the line of dancers. (See 

 Fig. 92.) Again the grand- 

 fathers stood by their 

 subjects and moved their 

 arms back and forth in 

 accompaniment to the 

 time of the singing on 

 the part of the musicians 

 about the drum. At this 

 time, however, each 

 grandfather stood in front 

 of his subject and 



grasped his left arm, lifted it aloft, and shook it so that the long fringe 

 of the sage wreath about his arm swayed back and forth. Then 

 they took the right arm of the dancer in the same way, holding it 

 out straight, and shaking it. The grandfathers continued this for 

 a few moments and then sat down; the dancers continued whistling 

 and dancing. The movement of the dancers now varied somewhat 

 from the first dance, for they held up first one arm and then the other. 

 The dance now continued with slight intermissions late into the 

 night. At about ten o'clock occurred the incident relating to the 

 torture to be described later in these pages. Before the dancers lay 

 down for the night, the so-called " sweet- water " was made for one 

 or two of them. This could be made only by the assistant Chief 

 Priest and Three-Fingers. It is believed that the drinking of water 

 thus made does not violate the vow to fast. At the conclusion of 

 the last dance of the night, all the wreaths and pieces of sage, etc., 

 worn during the dance were deposited at the foot of the center-pole, 

 by the side of the cups of paint, etc., which had been placed there 

 immediately after the grandfathers had finished painting the dancers. 



Fig. 91. Pipes carried by the Arapaho dancers. 



