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it. The other was drawn from a sketch made by myself of a fetich in 

 Zuiii. 



These fetiches — more usually of the Mountain Lion than of the 

 others; very rarely of the Knife-feathered Demon — are constantly car- 

 ried by the warriors when abroad in pouches like those of the Hunters, 

 and in a similar manner. They are, however, not returned to the head- 

 quarters of the society when not in use, but, being regarded, with the 

 other ])araphernalia of their possessor, as parts of his Sa-wa-ui-k'ia, are 

 always kept near him. 



RESEMBLANCE TO THE PREY GODS OF THE HUNT. 



The perfect fetich of this order differs but little from those of the 

 Hunters, save that it is more elaborate and is sometimes supplied with 

 a minxite heart of turkois bouud to the side of the figure with sinew of 

 the Mountain Lion, with which, also, the arrow-point is invariably at- 

 tached, usually to the back or belly. The precious beads of shell, tur- 

 kois, coral, or black stone, varied occasionally with small univalves 

 from the ocean, are bound over all with a cotton cord. These univalves, 

 the oliva (tsu-i-ke-i-nan-ne=heart shell), are, above all other shells, sacred ; 

 and each is emblematic of a god of the order. The wrist badges of the 

 members are also made of these shells, strung on a thong of bnckskin 

 taken from the enemy. The arrow-point, when placed on the back of 

 the fetich, is emblematic of the Knife of War (Sii-wa-ni-k'ia ii'-tchi- 

 en-n6), and is supposed, through the power of Sii-wa-ni-k'ia or the 

 " magic medicine of war"(?) to protect the wearer from the enemy from 

 behind or from other unexpected quarters. When placed "under the 

 feet" or belly, it is, through the same power, considered capable of 

 effacing the tracks of the wearer, that his trail may not be followed by 

 the enemy. 



THE RITES OF THEIR WORSHIP. 



The ceremonial observed by a Priest of the Bow, when traveling alone 

 in a country where danger is to be apprehended from the enemy, may 

 be taken as most illustrative of the regard in which the fetiches of his 

 order are held. 



Under such circumstances the warrior takes out his fetich from the 

 pouch, and, scattering a pinch or two of sacred flour toward each of 

 the four quarters with his right hand, holds it in his left hand over 



