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4.-THE BLACK-, CYCLONE-, OR DRAGON-FLY-PAINT. 



This is the last paint of the ceremony, and in a performance 

 with four fasting days belongs to the fourth day. Like the White or 

 Hail paint there are two varieties, the green and white, which 

 should be worn on the forenoon and afternoon respectively. In the 

 ceremony under consideration they were the second and third paints 

 of the second day. 



a. The green-Black-, or Cyclone-paint. 



This was the second paint of the second day. About the waist and 

 elbows were red encircling lines, the entire surface above these lines 

 being painted black, while the surface below was pink. (See PI. LIX., 

 Fig. a.) On the breast was a circular sun symbol in green, sur- 

 rounded by a red line, from the upper surface of which radiated upward 

 toward the shoulders and down the arms a green line, which ter- 

 minated in the red bands about the elbows. From the lower surface of 

 the sun symbol passed two green lines which terminated in the red line 

 around the waist. On the face was painted the large symbol of the 

 morning star in green, surrounded by a line of red. On the back of 

 the right shoulder was a large moon symbol in green bordered with red. 

 Scattered irregularly over this upper back surface of the body were 

 symbols of dragon-flies in green, averaging about three inches in 

 length. Thus there were in all eight or ten of these on the black 

 outer surface of the face, two on each side of the forehead, and two or 

 three on the jaws. The green dragon-fly symbols were also thickly 

 scattered on the back. On the lower pink surface of the body were 

 the black road lines connecting the red band about the waist with the 

 ankles and the red bands about the elbows with the black bands about 

 the waist. Over the pink area were the markings made by willow 

 leaves dipped in red paint. 



With this paint was worn a willow wreath on the head and waist, 

 and small willow wreaths about the wrists and ankles. Before the 

 wreaths were put on they were directed toward the east, south, north, 

 then upward. 



In this paint the pink represented the earth, especially its 

 growth, such as flowers, etc. The four roads, as usual, led from the 

 medicine-spirits to the heart. The black was symbolic of the clouds, 

 while the green dragon-flies symbolized the wind, cyclone or 

 whirlwind. They are supposed to bring the streams, hence water, 

 and hence rain to make the water. The kilts worn with this paint 

 were painted with symbols of rabbit tracks, the kilt first being 



