428 THE MOUNTAIN CHANT. 
111. SEVENTH DAY. The painting of the picture and the treatment 
of the sick woman were the only works performed on this day (Sun- 
day, October 26). The whistle sounded from the lodge at 6 a. m., 
but already the plumed wands and the beaver collars had been placed 
before the door of the medicine lodge and the sand for the groundwork 
of the picture had been brought in. As the picture (Plate XVIJ) was to 
be larger than those which preceded it, the fire was moved quite near 
to the door; the heated earth which lay under the fire in its former 
position was dug up and replaced with cold earth, probably for the 
comfort of the artists. 
112. The work of the painters was begun soon after 6 a.m. and was 
not completed until about 2 p.m. About a dozen men were engaged 
on it, and it occupied them, as we have seen, about eight hours. As 
usual, the qacali did very little of the manual labor; but he constantly 
watched the work and frequently criticised and corrected it. When the 
painting was done, it became his duty to apply the sacred corn pollen 
to the brow, mouth, and chest of each of the gods and to set up the 
bounding ¢obolea or plumed wands. After this he placed a bowl of 
water on the left hand of the white god—the form second from the 
north— threw into it some powdered substance to make a cold decoc- 
tion, and Jaid the sprinkler on top of it. (Paragraph 106.) 
113. The whistle was blown. The herald announced that all was 
ready. The sick woman and her companion entered, and one atter 
the other cast meal upon the floor. The former took off her moccasins 
and sat on the ground near the door while a song was sung. Then she 
sat on the form of the white god, her companion sat on the form of the 
blue god, and the singing and rattling were resumed. Without inter- 
rupting his song the chanter sprinkled the picture with the infusion, 
applied the moistened sprinkler to the breast, head, and brow of each 
of the gods in the following order: white, blve, yellow, black, and sat 
down to finish his chant. He administered the decoctions to his patient 
in two draughts, to her companion in two draughts, to himself (honest 
physician!) in the same manner, and gave as before (paragraph 106) 
the dregs to the bystanders. He applied the dust from different parts 
of the divine figures to the sick woman, in much the same manner as 
on the previous day, and while doing this he obliterated the pictures of 
the little animals over the head of the white god. The fumigation of 
both women was repeated with exactly the same rites as on the second 
day, and the fumes had precisely the same odor on this occasion as on 
that. When the coals were extinguished and taken out, the chanter 
said to the women, “kac” (now), whereat they arose and left the lodge. 
114. As soon as they were gone the work of obliteration began. The 
figures of the gods were rubbed out in the usual order (white, blue, 
yellow, black, rainbow), the erasure in each case proceeding from foot 
to head. The plumed wands fell as before, simultaneously with the 
destruction of the rainbow. The sand was carried out at half past 2 
o’clock and no further rites were performed during the day. 
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