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for some years, but the ma'nidos have been consulted for remedies 

 wherewith to combat violent symptoms of disease supposed to have 

 been caused by angry or jealous rivals. 



Then the tshi'saqka lies on the ground and begins to chant, during 

 which time the ma'nidos begin to arrive. Their arrival is made known 

 to those outside by the air swaying the top of the structure, and the 

 wind also can be felt and heard. 



The ma'nidos are next heard dropping upon the ground within, and 

 their voices can be distinguished. Presently the assistant, or perhaps 

 the one who desires information, goes to the tshi'saqkau and taps — 

 with a stick or other object — upon the four upright poles in regular 

 order, beginning at the east, then passing to the south, the west, and 

 the north, and asks if all the ma'nidos have arrived. The tshi'- 

 saqka replies that all have arrived save one — his own personal ma'uido. 

 Then the tshi'saqka sings and drums again, and presently a voice is 

 heard above the tshi'saqkau, resembling the 

 voice of the tshi'saqka. Their voices are simi- 

 lar, and the conversation between them is heard 

 by all those seated or standing near by. 



Tlie rattle employed by the juggler, both in 

 the jugglery and when "exorcising demons, is 

 shown in figure 21. 



The Miqka'uo — the turtle — is the most power- 

 ful of all the ma'nidos, and he, as the speaker 

 for the others, is consulted for information ; but 

 should the tshi'saqka ask too many, or any inju- 

 dicious (piestious, the personal ina'nido will be 

 heard above the tshi'saqkau, in the same tone of 



Flo. 21— Juggler 8 rattle. ' 



voice as the interrogation, advising the latter to 

 be careful, or not to be incautious in his demands. 



When such a service has been performed in the interest of a sick 

 person, the friends and family of the sick believe that the illness has 

 been caused by the anger of an enemy through the influence of another 

 tshi'saqka. The one consulted by the friends of the sick man is 

 expected to reveal the name of the injuring conjurer, and to bring his 

 shade into the tshi'saqkau. This is done, and the Miqka'uo is then 

 the ma'nido who kicks the shade of the conjurer almost to death; if he 

 is too much hurt and loses consciousness, the other ma'nidos bring his 

 shade back to life, so that he is able to respond to the questions of the 

 tshi'saqka, who asks him how and why he caused the illness of the 

 person. The shade of the conjurer then relates how he did this wrong, 

 and the reason therefor, aud he is theu told to restore him to health. 

 If the conjurer promises to do this, all is well, and the patient is 

 expected to recover in a short time. 



It the conjurer refuses to comply with the demands of the tshi'saqka, 

 the latter asks for a cedar knife, which the assistant throws into the 



