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other medicine men were under the same guidance, there being many 
of the little green men. He first saw the little green man when he 
was a boy of about 12 years and has seen him at intervals ever since. 
The songs used in his treatment of the sick were, however, received 
by him about three years previous to giving this information. At 
that time he was in the mountains and fell asleep. He then heard 
the little green man singing these songs and learned them in this 
manner. He said that when a man hears a song in a dream he sings 
aloud in his sleep and remembers the song after he wakes. (See 
p. 60.) 
Describing the “little green man,” Pa’gits indicated his height as 
about 2 feet, saying he was green from head to foot and carried a 
bow and arrows. In disposition he was ‘good to those he liked,” 
and especially favored medicine men. He could hear those who 
spoke unkindly of him and “shot his arrow” into them. These 
“‘arrows’’ were removed by the medicine men, who were paid for the 
treatment. 
Pa’gits said that the little green man “came around only at night.” 
If Pa’gitS wished to talk with the little green man he sat outdoors in 
the early morning before sunrise. He sat facing the east and smoked. 
No ceremonial act was connected with this and he had no drum or 
rattle, neither did he sing. Sometimes it was not even necessary for 
him to smoke in order to talk with the little green man. If he wished 
to make a present to the little green man he left it beside the ‘“‘hole”’ 
which was the door of his dwelling. He was not obliged to give him 
a present after each successful treatment of the sick, but once in 
a while he gave him a handkerchief or other small gift. 
The abodes of the little green men were said to look like little 
chimneys and to be scattered through the mountains or any unsettled - 
country. ‘Those who pass such a dwelling and recognize it always 
throw a little branch of cedar or some other offering in front of it so 
the little man will not be angry with them. ‘Tradition says that one 
night some white people filled the door of a little green man’s house 
with stones, but in the morning all the stones had been removed. 
Pa’gitS said: “The little man makes a fire at night, and you can see 
a little ight. In the early morning you can see smoke coming out 
of his house.”’ 
Those who summoned Pa’git’ to treat a sick person brought with 
them a stick about 18 inches long, painted green and forked at the 
end. This was his particular token and he made one for the writer. 
When he reached the abode of the sick person he was directed by the 
little green man as to what he should do. He always questioned 
the sick person about what he had been doing, with a view to ascer- 
taining the cause of his distress. It might be due to a physical 
ailment, or (what was an entirely different matter) his distress might 
