I20 A// account of the War Customs, of the Osagcs. [February, 



cheek to the ear. Next he rubs his right pahn across his left 

 shoulder, bringing the mark a Httlc to the front. Rubbing more 

 charcoal on his hands, he places his left p:Um on his right shoul- 

 der, bringing the mark slightly to the front. With his right palm 

 he makes a round mark on the chest, over the depression be- 

 tween the two parts of the sternum. 



The lieutenants on the Hafika side proceed in a similar man- 

 ner, but in reverse order, beginning with the right hand and end- 

 ing with the left in making the round mark over the breast bone. 



These men are now enlisted, and cannot sit down till night 

 comes and the other warriors have lain down. The lieutenants, 

 heralds, and standard-bearers can neither eat nor drink till they 

 receive permission. 



After the lieutenants finish painting, the two heralds are or- 

 dered to arise, one standing on the Clieezhoo mourner's left, the 

 other on the Hafika mourner's right. They are sent from the 

 tent, being ordered to go about a hundred yards from the village, 

 and then run around it. They start from the west, Cheezhoo's 

 herald going towards the north, and the other man running to 

 the south. When the Checzhoo man gets due north, and 'the 

 Hanka is opposite him, the former cries to the latter: " O Hafika, 

 he says that you will cause the spirits of the animals to pass 

 along! He says that you must c lus^* the s[)irits of the animals 

 to pass along at sunset! " To this the Hanka man replies, " O 

 Chcezhoo, he says that you must cause the spirits of the animals 

 to pass along ! I Ic says that you must cause the spirits of the ani- 

 mals to pass along at sunset !" Just before they reach the cast, they 

 cry again, Checzhoo speaking first. When they pass the east the 

 Checzhoo man goes outside of the other's course, keeping to the 

 left of the latter. When the Clieezhoo reaches the south, and 

 the Hanka is at the north, they cry again ; and so when they re- 

 tirn to the west. Then the l.uge war tent (6^) is taken down. 



The Hanka mourner tells the Chcezhoo mourner and standard- 

 bearers to collect their warriors, while he and his standard-bear- 

 ers do likewi.se on the Hanka side. All the Chcezhoo men of the 

 seven gontes have to i)rc|)are for the four days' dances. They 

 also have to furnish a ilrum. They meet in ihcir large tent (//) 

 at the back of v/hich are .seated the four standard-bearers (/f, F, 

 6' and //). The man who has the standanl with .seven feathers 

 (/:") is the principal one, so he sits on the left of the one with six 



