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the people not to cry, only to wish and hope that I get well. (Within 

 three-quarters of an hour Ka'a was to come back as a bear. The 

 mountain was 25 miles away.) As he watched, the chief helper 

 woidd rim from the medicine bowl to the door and back, and then to 

 me. When he saw the bear was coming close, he stood inside of the 

 door with some pollen. The bear got to the door and knocked three 

 times mth his paw. The chief helper opened the door and sprinkled 

 pollen from the door to the stone point and then scattered some upon 

 the altar. The bear followed the pollen line and looked around at 

 the people. (Fig. 26.) Some got scared and covered their face with 

 their hands. I was trying to make myself strong, but I could not 

 stand it; I was feeling faint. I tried to look at him, but my eyes 

 swam, and I felt faint. The bear hit the post of the house, and hit 

 the floor, and stopped and growled. 

 He smelt around the altar and 

 acted as if he was going to spring 



on me, opening his mouth and .^h,. \K\,^ ^% 



growling. I was not afraid of % rt /pA c^j^feT yjt 



him, but I was feeling faint. '»(<^^ '■' ^^ -■vni^ 



The closer he came to me, the ^ — c> c? 

 madder he acted. When he came 

 up to me he struck at me with ^.f), 



his paws, and held my head — the ^J. ,. 



sun was still covering me — and ^Sb^^'t 



shook me. Then he went back iT^ ' j 



to the altar, and the chief helper l\'.,'i 



sprinkled medicine water on him 

 and then on me. All the time the 



helpers were singing. Then the figure 26.-Chamber of Lagu^a Fathers during 

 ' _ BO ^ curing ceremonial. (Note Bear and Sun) 



bear sat in front of the stone point, 



swinging his head, and then three times he did like that [expelled for- 

 cibly his breath]. The last time, I saw he threw something out. The 

 chief helper picked it up and looked at it. The bear lay there. The 

 chief helper dipped up some medicine water and brought it to me, and 

 in his hand was something white. He said to me, "Do not be afraid ! 

 Be strong! As6mpian,my son. I give you this, and you swallow it." 

 I swallowed it and hegavemethe drink. (It wasthathalf ofmyheart.) 

 Then he went back again. After a little while I felt well, strong. 

 Then he stood out in front of the altar and preached to the people, 

 advising them to thank our god and iema'paru that we had come out all 

 right with our son. He was going to live long. All the men began to 

 say, "Hauwo'! hauwo'! thanks! thanks!" and the women, "Korkem! 

 korkem! thanks! thanks!" The chief helper went back to his place, 

 and thej' gave him a cigarette. 



He smoked in the directions and over the altar. Then he went up 

 to the bear, and smoked all over him. Then he came and gave me 



