STEVENSON. ] THIRD DAY—THIRD CEREMONY. 247 
THIRD CEREMONY. 
The theurgist occupied his usual seat, surrounded by his corps of 
attendants. The man personating Naiyenesgony had his body and 
limbs painted black. The legs below the knee, the scapula, the breasts, 
and the arm above the elbow were painted white. His loins were coy- 
ered with a fine red silk searf, held by a silver belt; his blue knit 
stockings were tied with red garters below each knee, and quantities of 
coral, turquois, and white shell beads ornamented the neck. The man 
representing Tobaidischinni had his body colored reddish brown, with 
this figure X (the scalp knot) in white on the outside of each leg below 
the knee, on each arm below the shoulder, each scapula, and on each 
breast. This design represents the knot of hair cut from the heads of 
enemies, and the style is still in use by the Navajo. The man wore a 
red woolen scarf around the loins, caught on by a silver belt, and his 
neck was profusely ornamented with coral, turquois, and white beads.! 
Naiyenesgony and Tobaidischinni left the lodge, carrying with them 
their masks. (See Pl. cxv, 1, 2,3.) Bunches of pine boughs, which 
during the forenoon had been made into wreaths by joining pieces 
together with yucca in this fashion were jt #14, Jaid across each end 
of the rug. 
After the two men personating the gods left the lodge the invalid 
entered and took his seat on the rug with his back to the theurgist. 
Two attendants dressed him with the wreaths, beginning with the 
right ankle; a piece was then tied around the calf, thigh, waist, around 
the chest, right wrist, elbow, upper arm, throat, forehead, then around 
the upper left arm, elbow, wrist, thigh, left knee, calf, and ankle. Thus 
the man was literally obscured with a mass of pine. He sat in an 
upright position with the legs extended and arms falling by his sides. 
A chant was sung by the song priest, and in a few minutes Naiyenes- 
gony and Tobaidischinni appeared. Naiyenesgony drew his stone 
knife in front of the invalid over the forehead to the feet, then down 
the right side and down the back and down the left side. He then 
began to remove the pine. As each wreath was taken off the clusters 
were partly separated with the stone knife. Tobaidischinni assisted 
Naiyenesgony by holding the wreaths while they were being cut. 
When all the evergreen had been removed the personators of the 
gods exclaimed, ‘“‘Now, my people, we have killed all enemies!” and 
immediately left the lodge. The song priest placed a small wreath of 
the pine on the sick man’s head, and holding in his left hand a buneb 
of eagle plumes, and in his right hand a rattle, he sang the ten songs 
and prayers, assisted by the choir, that were given by Naiyenesgony 
and Tobaidischinni to the Navajo to bring health and good fortune. 
'In the decoration of the bodies several men assisted, but the personators of the gods did much of 
the work on their own persons, and they seemed quite fastidious. The fingers were dipped into the 
paint and rubbed on the body. 
