Photo by E. W. 
Grass Dance by Sioux Indians, just previous to the death of Sitting Bull, at Running Antelope’s 
camp on Grand River, South Dakota. 
Some of the participants in the dance are Sitting Bull, Rain- 
in-the-Face, Chief Gaul, Chief Grass, Running Antelope, Red Tomahawk and Charging Thunder 
Hot Dance which I witnessed, a man 
took off his clothing and gave it away to 
a guest. In former days this dance was 
made an occasion for men in a spirit of 
bravado to cast off their wives, often 
merely to show their strength of mind. 
The famous warriors of the tribe utilize 
the intermissions between dances to re- 
cite their great deeds, each exploit being 
greeted by a drumbeat, and each recital 
entailing on the narrator the obligation 
to give away some property. 
tain time visitors are 
At a cer- 
rarned to be off, 
for the door of the house is to be shut. 
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Then the feast takes place — originally 
of dog meat. Thus ends the Grass or 
Hot Dance, a mixture of all sorts of 
merriment, self-advertisement, feasting 
and dancing. 
A very different phase of dancing is 
presented by the Pawnee Iruska. The 
members of the society practicing this 
dance were supposed to be masters of 
fire, and their attitude toward it was to 
be like a Pawnee’s attitude in facing the 
enemy. Spectators were invited to their 
gatherings, their songs were chanted and 
After 
the members began to dance. 
Deming 
