424 THE MOUNTAIN CHANT. 
east and west and straight lines north and south, like their symbols 
for the chain and sheet lightnings, by stepping over her in different 
directions, and by rattling. When she had apparently recovered, he 
pressed the plumed wands and the symbols for wings to different parts 
of her body, in the order and with the ceremonies described when 
referring to previous application made to her body. 
99, There were no more ceremonies that night. JI remained in the 
medicine lodge until it was quite late. The men occupied their time in 
singing, rattling, gambling, and smoking. After a while some grew 
weary and lay down to sleep. Being repeatedly assured that nothing 
more would happen until the whistle sounded in the morning, I left the 
lodge to roll myself in my blankets. Yet frequently during the night, 
fearing I might have been de- 
ceived, I stealthily arose and 
visited the medicine lodge, only. 
to find all slumbering soundly. 
100. StxrH DAY. At five in 
the morning (Saturday, Octo- 
ber 25) the whistle sounded and 
I hastened to the medicine 
lodge. There was much to be 
done; the couriers were to be 
dressed and sent on their way, 
and a large picture was to be 
painted; so the work had to be- 
gin early. 
101. The first thing done was 
to burn to charcoal the bundle 
of plants which had been gath- 
ered on the previous morning 
and hung over the door of the 
lodge inside. (Paragraph 90.) 
The charcoal was used in paint- 
ing the limbs of the akaninilis 
or couriers. A basin of water 
containing soap root or amolé 
(the root of Yucea baccata and 
other species of yucca) was 
brought in, and after the medi- 
cine man had dabbed them with 
alittle of the suds the akaninilis- 
elect washed themselves with 
it from head to foot, cleaning 
Fic. 52. Ak«aninili ready for the journey. their hair well. When the bath 
was done, they were dabbed by the qagali with some other mixture con- 
tained in a waterproof wicker basin and were made to inhale the fra- 








