May, 1905. 



The Cheyenne — Dorsey. 



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of the line ; thus it passed back and forth four times. The ashes were 

 removed without formaHty by the Chief Priest, who rubbed his 

 hands up and down the pipe on each side of the stem and handed 

 it to the Lodge-maker, who took the pipe to himself twice on each 

 side, then along the median line of his body. The Chief Priest 

 cleansed the bowl more thoroughly and tied the pipe and the buffalo 

 chip up in the bundle, which all this time had been lying at the 

 south side of the altar. 



THE SWEAT BATH. 



The Lodge-maker went with his wife to their tipi, where he filled 

 a pipe. They went to the tipi of the Chief Priest, to whom on 

 entering the Lodge-maker handed the pipe. Then the Chief Priest 

 made a small "earth" two inches in diameter, lighted the pipe, and 

 made the usual sacrifices. The Lodge-maker took a piece of meat, 

 blackened it with charcoal, and placed it in the Chief Priest's mouth. 

 Then they smoked four pipes full of tobacco and ate. The Chief 

 Priest's wife and his relatives have received during the ceremony 

 many presents; these were now given to the Lodge-maker and his wife. 

 In the mean time a sweat bath had been erected by the friends of 

 the Chief Priest, diflfering in no way from the ordinary sweat bath. 

 The Chief Priest and his wife and the Lodge-maker and his wife 

 went into the sweat-lodge for the purpose of purifying themselves, 

 especially with the belief that thus they may retain all the medicines 

 which they have received during the lodge. There were no rites or 

 singing connected with this bath. After the bath the Chief Priest gave 

 to the Lodge-maker five different kinds of roots to be used as med- 



FiG. 103. The abandoned lixige. 



