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on tlio west side of a oat's claw tree and a new stick was made of 

 greiusewood, arrow bush, or any other convenient shrub. He then 

 bathed in the river, no matter how cold tlie tem])erature. The feast 

 of victor}' which liis friends were obser^nng in the meantime at the vil- 

 lages lasted eiglit days. At the end of that time, or when his period 

 of retirement was half completed, the warrior might go to his home to 

 get a fetish made from the hair of the Apache whom he had killed. 

 The hair was wrapped in eagle down and tied with a cotton string and 

 kept in a long medicine l)asket. lie drank no water for the first two 

 days and fasted for the first four. After that time he was supplied 

 with pinole by his attendant, who also instructed him as to his future 

 contiuct, telling him that he nmst henceforth stand back until all 

 others were served when partaking of food and drink. If he was a 

 married man his wife was not allowed to eat salt during his retirement, 

 else she would suffer from the owl disease which causes stilT limbs. 

 The explanation offered for the observance of this law of lustration 

 is that if it is not obeyed the warrior's limbs will become stifl'ened 

 or paralyzed. 



Dance in Celebration of Victory 



Upon the return of a victorious war party the emotions of those wlio 

 had remained at home in anxious waiting and those who had returned 

 rejoicing were given vent in ^^gorous shouting and dancing. It is 

 interesting to observe tliat tlie abandonment of these occasi(ms was 

 not wholly approved liv the leaders, as is shown by the invariable 

 formula that closed every war speech tliat was delivered while the 

 party was on the campaign: " You may think tliis over, my relatives. 

 The taking of life brings serious thoughts of the waste; the celebration 

 of \'ictory may become impleasanth' riotous." Throughout the cere- 

 monies the women of the trilx' play a prominent part, particularly 

 in mourning for relatives if any have fallen victims to the attacks of 

 the Apaches. 



The dance was held on tlie low rounded liill near the Double buttes 

 (see pi. xi.i, fi). or on a hiil near tlie railway siding called Sacattui, or 

 upon some alkali fiat wliicii the deposits of the rainy season leave as 

 level and tlie sun bakes nearly as hard as a floor. Sometimes the 

 dance was held on any open ground about the villages. Four basket 

 drums were beaten in the center, while either four or ten singers 

 formed a close circle around them. Within a larger circle numerous 

 appointed dancers stamped and swayed their bodies, moving ever 

 in a sinistral circuit. Sometimes the crowd danced within the circle 

 of sel(H'te<i dancers, in wiiicii case they danced as individuals witliout 

 holding hands; but usually they remained outside the circle. Outside 

 the circle of s]>ectators twent}' men and two or more j'oung women, 



