MICHELSON. ] THE SINGING AROUND RITE. 589 
clothe himself warmly. ‘Clothe yourself warmly,” he was told. 
“This is not cold,’ he said. He was indeed very much endowed 
with mystic power. When the men went on the war-path he was 
denied permission to go with them. ‘You are still fasting,” he was 
told. He fasted all winter. In the spring he had used up his fasting 
instrument. When he painted himself for the last time he had not 
eaten for seven days, and at night he fetched mud and began to 
paint himself. When he laid down comfortably he dreamed, ‘‘ Well, 
my grandchild, I bless you. You may eat. This verily is how you 
will be. Look at me,’ he was told. The other was sounding (a 
drum) up above. As he looked in that direction, lo, there was a 
man standing there holding a drum in his hand. (This) had wings. 
“Learn by observation how this (drum) is,’”’ he was told. ‘This is 
how you will make the one you will keep; this (drum) is only to be 
taken around while held in the hand. And this,’ (the man) said. 
He was also shown a small gourd (rattle). ‘“‘“You must seek one 
exactly that size. Moreover, you will tie feathers of any kind 
lightly (4) to it. It will be as if these (feathers) will be there,” he 
said, ‘‘as the wings of that man.‘7 That is why I tell you this to-day, 
my grandchild,” he was told. ‘‘ This drum has (but) one side. It 
is not adorned in any way. You will make one exactly like it. 
After you have made it, you will seek (something) to cook. For you 
have control of the game. After you have brought any (game) you 
will say to a man, two (men) in fact, ‘well, help me; we shall cook 
this (game).’ After you are through cooking you will say to whom- 
ever you employ, ‘summon ten men, and five women,’ you will say 
to him. Then you shall make the drum resound in advance. After 
all shall have come you will say to them, ‘I have beaten this (drum) 
here. You must be present as long as I make this (drum) resound. 
That is why I summon you, men, and you women,’ you will say to 
them. And they must be clad in fine apparel. You must all be 
clad in very fine apparel. Do not be careful with anything you have 
whenever you make that drum resound. Even if it is raining hard, 
you must not go away in fear (?). And if you are sounding (the 
drum) somewhere do not halt if you meet a river. You must keep 
on where you were going. And do not permit anyone to walk around 
in front of you. 
“You must employ four men. They will be called ‘Camp Police.’ 
They shall always be about whenever you make (the drum) resound. 
And if you are making (the drum) resound anywhere they must con- 
tinue to walk in front. If anyone is about obstructing (the way), 
they must whip him. Nor will they be careful regarding anyone. 
And this is what they shall say among themselves if they whip anyone, 
‘Wr'a'a’,’ they shall say. And if they are obstructed by a dog in 
17 Rhetorical for ‘‘drum.’’ 
