74 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 6i 



minor thirds. Five renditions were recorded with no break in the 

 time; these are uniform in every respect. 



When the man (or men) arrived at the door of the children's home 

 they did not enter at once, but began to tell of their deeds in the past 

 as an evidence of their right to perform the Alo'waqpi ceremony. 

 Without this narration they would not be allowed to enter and get 

 the children, as none but those who had in the past, and who still 

 had, the necessary qualifications could perform this sacred rite over 

 children. 



If the children were small thej were carried to the double lodge in 

 blankets on the backs of the itaij'caij. On their way to the lodge the 

 men stopped four times (see pp. 78, 83, 113, 116, 167, 328) giving 

 the ''wolf howl", which was used to signalize approach. When they 

 reached the double lodge the itai/caij sat in the place of honor, back 

 of the pipe rack. There might be one man for each child who was 

 to be '' sung over," and each of these men had his own pipe, or wand, 

 which was placed against the pipe rack. 



Describing the enacting of the ceremony for his two daughters, 

 Weasel Bear said : 



Everyone could see the old man as he painted the faces of the girls. He painted a 

 blue line from the hair-parting down to the end of the nose, then across the uj^per part 

 of the forehead and down to the cheek, ending at a point opposite the end of the nose. 

 Red stripes could be added after the blue paint had been put on the face. The red 

 stripes were narrow, extending downward from the line across the forehead and being 

 the same length as the vertical blue lines. Additional red stripes could be added at 

 any time by a person qualified to do it, a horse being given foj the right to wear two 

 or three more stripes. 



On many important occasions this decoration of the face was used 

 by those who had the right to use it. A white eagle plume was 

 fastened in the hair of a girl whose face was to be painted. In plate 8 

 is shown a spirit post decorated with the plume which was worn by 

 the daughter of Weasel Bear in the Alo'waqpi ceremony, described 

 by him; the tip of the quill was covered with dack feathers similar to 

 those used on a Sun-dance pipe. With the eagle plume was fastened 

 a strand of horse hair colored red, the whole being suspended by a 

 narrow strip of hide, so that it hung lightly. 



Continuing his narrative, Weasel Bear said: 



After the faces of the girls were painted the itag'6ag stood with his rattle in his right 

 hand and the decorated wand in his left, and waved the wand over them as he 

 sang the following song. Each girl held in her hand a decorated ear of corn as the song 

 was sung. [This scene is shown in a native drawing on cloth made by Jaw (pi. 4).] 



