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PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 



The following is the explanation : 



No. 1. The entrance to the lodge. 



No. 2. The fire place. 



No. 3. A vertical piece of wood upon which is placed a cross-piece, 

 upon each end of which is a lamp. 



No. 4. The musicians seated upon the raised seats furnishing drum- 

 ming and music to the movements of the Shaman during his incanta- 



Fi£. Ilia. Shaman's lodge. Alaska. 



tions in exorcising the "evil spirit" supposed to have possession of the 

 patient. 



>'o. 5. Visitors and friends of the afflicted seated around the walls of 

 the lodge. 



No. 0. The Shaman represented in making his incantations. 



No. 7. The patient seated upon the floor of the lodge. 



No. 8. Bepresents the Shaman in another stage of the ceremonies, 

 driving out of the patient the "evil being." 



No. 9. Another figure of the patient; from his head is seen to issue a 

 line connecting it with No. 10. 



No. 10. The "evil spirit" causing the sickness. 



No. 11. The Shaman in the act of driving the " evil being" out of the 

 room. In his bauds are sacred objects, his persoual fetish, iu which the 

 power lies. 



No. 12. The flying "evil one." 



Nos. 13, 11. Are assistants to the Shaman, stationed at the entrance 

 to hit and hasten the departure of the evil being. 



