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removed from the blanket rug, and the invalid stepped upon the rug 
and put on his elothing. When the mask was removed from the inva- 
lid’s head it drew all fever with it. 
FOURTH DAY. 
FIRST CEREMONY. 
The theurgist carried a bowl of water and pine needles, and an at- 
tendant bore a gourd of water, a small vase of powdered herbs, and an 
Apache basket containing corn meal, buckskin bags, horn of the moun- 
tain sheep and a piece of hide cut from between the eyes of the animal. 
The theurgist and attendant took seats to the right of the entrance of 
the sweat house west of the medicine lodge. This sweat house was 
decorated with the rainbow. Over the entrance were, first, two striped 
blankets, one upon the other, a buckskin, and a piece of white cotton. 
Hot stones, ete., having been previously placed in the sweat house, the 
sick man entered. The song-priest and four attendants sang, accom- 
panied by the rattle. At the conclusion of the chant Hasjelti and 
Hostjoghon appeared as on the previous days. Hasjelti lifted the cov- 
erings from the entrance and the invalid came out and sat upon a blan- 
ket south of the entrance and bathed both his hands in the bowl con- 
taining the pine needles and water; he then drank of it and bathed his 
feet and legs to the thighs, his arms and shoulders, body and face and 
head, and then emptied the remainder over his back. Hasjelti manipu- 
lated the right leg with the sheep’s horn and hide, rubbing the upper 
part of the leg with the right hand, then the under part with the left; 
he then rubbed the sides of the leg in the same manner, each time giv- 
ing a hoot; the arms, chest, head, and face were similarly manipulated. 
Hostjoghon repeated the hooting every time he changed the position 
of the hands. Hasjelti, taking the gourd containing the water and corn 
meal, gave four draughts of it to the invalid, hooting each time the bowl 
was put to the lips; Hostjoghon did the same. The song and rattle 
continued. Hasjelti, then put the powdered plants from the small vase 
to the soles of the feet, knees, palms, breast, back, shoulders, and top 
of the head of the invalid, hooting each time an application was made; 
this was repeated by Hostjoghon. The invalid took a sip from the 
bowl and rubbed the remainder over his body. The song-priest then 
removed the wands from the base of the sweat house and the coverings 
from the door; the pine boughs and hot stones were also removed and 
the invalid preceded the song-priest to the medicine lodge. All the 
wood of the sweat house was placed in a tree, excepting four small 
pieces, which were deposited, together with the pine boughs from the 
interior of the sweat house, in a semicircle formed by the rocks from 
the sweat house at the base of a pinon tree. <A line of meal 2 inches 
im length running east and west was sprinkled on the apex of the 
semicircle, and upon this line the black tube was laid. <A bit of meal 
