454 THE MOUNTAIN CHANT. 
to end; the other blue, with a yellow zigzag stripe from end to end. 
(Paragraph 43.) 
184. ‘The Estsan-¢igimi, or Holy Women, showed the prophet but‘one 
kethawn stick. It was painted white and decorated with three pairs 
of cireular bands, red and blue, the blue in each case being next to the 
body of the painter while he holds the stick in decorating it. This 
kethawn must be buried at the base of a young spruce tree, with the 
first blue circle next to the tree. (Paragraph 45.) 
185. Four sticks were sbown by the Tciké-cac-natlehi. They were 
black, sprinkled with specular iron ore to make them shine; decorated 
with three pairs of bands, red and blue, applied as in the kethawns 
of the Estsan-¢igini; and buried under a young pifon, with the first 
blue band or circle next to the tree. (Paragraph 46.) 
186. The two kethawns seen by Dsilyi‘ Neyani at Big Oaks, the 
home of the (igin-yosini, were both banded at the ends with blue and 
red and had marks to symbolize the givers. One was white, with two 
pairs of stripes, red and blue, running lengthwise. The other was yel- 
low, with many stripes of black and yellow running lengthwise. (Para- 
graph 49.) 
187. At Last Mountain, the home of the skunks, two kethawuns, evi- 
dently intended to symbolize these animals, were shown to the prophet 
and his divine companions. Both the sticks were black: one had three 
white longitudinal stripes on one side; the other had three longitud- 
inal rows of white spots, three spots in each row, on one side. (Para- 
graph £0.) 
188. The two sticks shown by the squirrels, Glo‘dsilkai and Glo‘dsil- 
jini, were painted blue, sprinkled with specular iron ore, and surrounded 
at the ends with red and blue bands. One was to be planted at the base 
of a pine tree and one at the base of a spruce tree. 
189. At Dsilya-igin the porcupines exhibited two kethawns. They 
were very short, being equal in length to the middle joint of the little 
finger. One was black and one was blue. Each had red and blue ter- 
minal bands and each had a number of white dots on one side to rep- 
resent porcupine quills. ‘‘Bury them,” said @asani, “under a pinion 
tree.” (Paragraph 52.): , 
190. At Qo¢estso four kethawns, rather elaborately decorated, were 
shown. Two were half white and half black, the black part having 
white spots and the white part having black spots on it. The other 
two were half blue and half yellow, the yellow being spotted with 
blue and the blue with yellow. There were red and blue rings at the 
ends. (Paragraph 53.) 
191. The Teiké-¢igini showed their visitors two kethawns, one black 
and one blue. Each was a span long and was surrounded with three 
pairs of bands, blue and red, put on in the manner observed in making 
the kethawns of the Estsan-¢igini. (Paragraph 184.) To the center of 
the black kethawn five blue feathers were tied. To the center of the 
