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belts of Apache warriors. They are also worn as amulets by 

 other members of the tribe. In dances for the cure of sick 

 ness the shaman applies the powder to the forehead of the 

 patient, then to his breast in the figure of a cross; next he 

 sprinkles it in a circle around his couch, then on the heads of 

 the chanters and the assembled friends of the patient, and 

 lastly upon his own head and into his own mouth. It is also 

 used in other ceremonies described. ( apt. Bourke points out 

 the similarity between the use of the tale pollen and that of 

 the kunque or sacred corn meal of the Zuni, and dwells upon 

 many analogies to their practices found in both hemispheres. 



The izze-kloth is the magic cord of the Apache, which Capt. 

 Bourke describes and illustrates with full details. He does 

 not mention, however, whether the fact stated about the same 

 articles used among the Zuni is true of the Apache cords, i. e., 

 that they must be made of rawhide or sinew taken from a 

 beast of prey or a human enemy. The cords are often deco 

 rated with beads and shells strung at intervals with pieces of 

 the sacred green chalchihuitl, often called American turquoise, 

 and of petrified wood, and with rock crystal, eagle down, 

 claws of the hawk or eaglet or of the bear, fragments of aba- 

 lone shells from the Pacific, circles of buckskin inclosing pieces 

 of twigs and branches of trees which have been struck by 

 lightning, and other objects of shamanistic sanctity. The use 

 of these cords was reserved for the most sacred and important 

 occasions, such as dances for war, for curing disease, and for 

 conjuration, when ever)&quot; important shaman would appear with 

 one of the cords hanging from his right shoulder over his left 

 hip. They are also used as amulets and charms, (. apt. 

 Bourke associates these cords with the quipus of the Peruvians 

 and the wampum of the northeastern tribes of America, and 

 then proceeds with enthusiasm to discover analogies among 

 nearly all the races of earth, paying special attention to the 

 rosaries and belt cords of the Roman Catholic Church. Though 

 some readers will hesitate to adopt all his deductions, none 

 will disagree with his concluding remarks upon the necessity 

 of breaking up by the exhibition of true science the sorcery 

 and jugglery practices which both retard the civilization of the 



