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is treated in another place. The sacred pipe is smoked, refilled, and 

 painted with every change of paint. 



It remains, therefore, to enumerate the successive events and to 

 describe those which took place early in the morning and late on the 

 afternoon of this day and which brought the performance to a close. 



THE SUNRISE DANCE. 



The dance was continued with but slight intervals throughout the 

 night until near morning, when the dancers lay down in their blankets 

 for a brief period of sleep. Shortly after five o'clock the musicians 

 were sitting around the drum, and the dancers formed in line in their 

 usual places. Then they proceeded in one long line toward the eastern 

 entrance and stood half-way between the doorway and the center- 

 pole, where they danced until the sun appeared above the horizon. 



It was noticed that as the line formed toward the east only twelve 

 dancers had survived the ordeal, all the remainder having dropped out 

 except one old man over seventy years old, who remained sitting in his 

 usual place. It seems probable that the majority of those who left 

 the line during the night did so on account of inability to withstand the 

 heat, fatigue, and continued fast. The claim was put forth, however, 

 by the priests that many left because their families had not made 

 sufficient provision to furnish the food necessary for the feast 

 which precedes each paint. 



THE THIRD PAINT. 



There followed a period of rest until about seven o'clock in the 

 morning, when preparations were made for the painting of the dancers, 

 etc. In accordance with the program already stated, the Lodge-maker 

 and his wife, as on all previous occasions, were painted first. 



During this day, as well as on the previous day, women occasion- 

 ally replaced the men around the drum and led in the singing. It is 

 claimed that all women who are supposed to have excelled in mat- 

 rimonial affairs are privileged to serve at the drum. At times all the 

 women about the drum were wives of the members of one or another 

 of the warrior societies; at other times they were all wives of the 

 chiefs. During the day the exchange of presents was kept up, almost 

 without intermission. Ponies, blankets, etc., were brought into the 

 lodge, the crier announcing the gift; at other times grayheaded 

 married couples stood up together and openly made love and ex- 

 patiated on the beauties of married life. (See PI. LI I.) A few women 

 also entered the lodge on this day, during the singing, each bearing a 



