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fi'om it. This dust she put in the cup which she carried in her hand. 

 Having- completed her dust gathering, she prayed for a moment to the 

 four great gods that are holding up the four corners of the earth: then 

 set the cup down in the center of the dislc and toolc her departure. 



As soon as grandma commenced to talio her leave, the sielv girl entered 

 the enclosure and. as she was too weak to walk, they carried her around 

 each concentric circle from the outer rim of the disk to its center, placing 

 her on the sun drawing with her face turned toward the evening sun. At 

 this moment the musicians, who had seated themselves within the canvas 

 enclosure in the space between the canvas and the disk, began to chant 

 in the minor key: 



"Kaws' ah tun'-nee yah' osh' kah' 

 Kaws' ah tun'-nee yah' osh kali' 

 Kaws' ah tuu'-nee yah' osh kali' 

 Kaws' ah tun'-nee yah' osh kee^ yah'. 

 Yah' dethith'-be'-zhe' 

 Pair-ris' kee-kay' ed-dee-teen^ 

 Tsot' un-tzhon'-uee 

 Bair' in-dali' klee'-dal-ash' 

 Yah' ed-dee-teen' oo' bair' tzlion'-nee 

 Xod'-o-tash' yo' e' hay' nay'." 



Just as the monotonous music had attracted the attention of all. a 

 ghost dancer, called liy the Indians "Cheden," came from a uearliy thicket 

 and danced into the enclosure. He Avas nude with the exception of danc- 

 ing skirt, moccasins and hat. the latter being a sqtiare-shouldered ghost 

 hat. This hat had for a support piece a Idw-shaped withe which passed, 

 yoke fashion, from the crown of the head to beneath the chin, where the 

 ends of the yoke were tied together with a sinew to keep the hat in place. 

 Tliis wiTlie had a muslin mask stretched over it loosely. To this yoke at 

 the top was fastened a transverse-bar of yucca wood from which several 

 upright pieces projected on which there were peculiarly carved cross 

 pieces and zigzag red lines, indicating lightning. To make the ghost figure 

 more grotesque, the dancer's body was painted in various colors. A 

 ghost god decorated his breast and the red bolt lightning his arms. He 

 held a butcher knife in one hand and a lightning painted wand in the 

 other. On entering he danced arotiud within the enclosure for a consider- 

 able time. He then walked around the circle from the east, turning con- 



