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which were rubbed on the hands and arms. A specimen of the herb 

 most often used for this purpose was secured by the writer and was 

 identified as Malvastrum coccineum A. Gray. 



The man for whom the ceremony was given was the first to put his 

 hand into the boihng water, and it was expected that he would try to 

 take out the piece' of meat he had put into the pot. He did not cat it 

 himself but gave it to sojne one in the assembly. The other dreamers 

 followed him, and the meat was distributed. No other food was eaten 

 at the time, and the occasion was not regarded as a feast. It was 

 a ceremony enacted to teach a great lesson. Ignorant persons or 

 children laughed at the tattered garments and the actions of the 

 dreamers, who in every movement attempted to imitate persons not 

 only poor but lacking in judgment. All intelligent members of the 

 tribe, however, regarded the ceremony with greatest reverence. 



This and the following song were sung by Lone Man when enact- 

 ing his part in this ceremony. The words of the song require expla- 

 nation. From the time of a dream until the time when the dreamer 

 has fulfilled its requirements he regards himseK as belonging to the ele- 

 ments and under an obligation of obedience to them. A medicine- 

 man may wear the head of a bird as a sign of his power, indicating 

 that bird to be subject to his commands. So in this song, the ele- 

 ments are said to be "wearing" the singer, who has not yet fulfilled 

 his obligations to them. In the second rendition of the song the 

 word meaning 'wind' was replaced by wasu'ca, 'hail'; in the 

 third by waJcarj'glica, 'lightning'; and in the fourth by maJipi'ya, 

 'clouds.' 



No. 41. "A Wind" 



(Catalogue No. 494) 



Sung by Lone Man 



Voice J = 104 (or J^ = 20s) 



Drum J = 144 



Drnm-rhythm similar to No. 6 



ca wa - mi - coi] 



lo ta - te wan ko - ma - ya 



ke - lo wan-yan -ki ye o wa - kan ye - lo 



he 



