﻿^2. 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  7 
  Its 
  chief 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  is 
  possessed 
  of 
  clairvoyant 
  

   powers, 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  through 
  a 
  wooden 
  mask 
  which 
  has 
  no 
  

   openings 
  and 
  discover 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  doll 
  wherever 
  it 
  be 
  hidden 
  

   in 
  the 
  lodge. 
  This 
  chief 
  is 
  also 
  able 
  to 
  juggle 
  with 
  fire 
  while 
  wear- 
  

   ing 
  his 
  mask. 
  

  

  8 
  The 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  le'dos 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  cure 
  for 
  fever 
  

   and 
  skin 
  diseases. 
  

  

  9 
  After 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  the 
  members 
  feast 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  a 
  bear, 
  

   the 
  chief 
  passing 
  it 
  around 
  while 
  each 
  member 
  tears 
  off 
  a 
  mouthful 
  

   with 
  his 
  teeth. 
  

  

  Additional 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  le'dos 
  Company 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  Ie"dos 
  Company 
  is 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  '' 
  medicine 
  " 
  people 
  whose 
  

   object 
  is 
  to 
  preserve 
  and 
  perform 
  the 
  rites 
  thought 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   keep 
  the 
  continued 
  good 
  will 
  of 
  the 
  ''medicine" 
  animals. 
  Accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  traditions 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  these 
  animals 
  entered 
  in 
  

   ancient 
  times 
  into 
  a 
  league 
  with 
  them. 
  The 
  animals 
  taught 
  them 
  

   the 
  ceremonies 
  necessary 
  to 
  please 
  them 
  and 
  said 
  that 
  should 
  these 
  

   be 
  faithfully 
  performed 
  they 
  would 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  service 
  to 
  

   mankind! 
  They 
  would 
  cure 
  disease, 
  banish 
  pain, 
  displace 
  the 
  causes 
  

   of 
  the 
  disasters 
  of 
  nature 
  and 
  overcome 
  ill 
  luck. 
  

  

  2 
  Every 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  company 
  has 
  an 
  individual 
  song 
  to 
  sing 
  

   in 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  and 
  thus 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  depends 
  

   •on 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  members. 
  When 
  a 
  person 
  enters 
  the 
  le'Mos 
  

   he 
  is 
  given 
  a 
  gourd 
  rattle 
  and 
  a 
  song. 
  These 
  he 
  must 
  keep 
  with 
  

   care, 
  not 
  forgetting 
  the 
  song 
  or 
  losing 
  the 
  rattle. 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  head 
  singers 
  of 
  the 
  Ie"dos 
  are 
  two 
  men 
  who 
  chant 
  the 
  

   dance 
  song. 
  This 
  chant 
  relates 
  the 
  marvels 
  that 
  the 
  medicine 
  man 
  

   is 
  able 
  to 
  do 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  sing 
  he 
  proceeds 
  to 
  do 
  as 
  the 
  song 
  directs. 
  

   He 
  lifts 
  a 
  red-hot 
  stone 
  from; 
  the 
  lodge 
  fire 
  and 
  tosses 
  it 
  like 
  a 
  ball 
  

   in 
  his 
  naked 
  hands. 
  He. 
  demonstrates 
  that 
  he 
  can 
  see 
  through 
  a 
  

   mask 
  carved 
  from 
  wood 
  and 
  having 
  no 
  eyeholes 
  by 
  finding 
  various 
  

   things 
  about 
  the 
  lodge. 
  He 
  causes 
  a 
  doll 
  to 
  appear 
  as 
  a 
  living 
  being 
  

   and 
  mystifies 
  the 
  company 
  in 
  other 
  ways. 
  It 
  is 
  related 
  that 
  new 
  

   members 
  sometimes 
  doubt 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  the 
  mystery 
  man 
  and 
  

   laugh 
  outright 
  at 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  claims 
  which 
  he 
  boasts. 
  In 
  such 
  a 
  

   case 
  he 
  approaches 
  the 
  doll 
  and 
  though 
  his 
  face 
  be 
  covered 
  by 
  a 
  

   wooden 
  mask 
  cuts 
  the 
  string 
  that 
  holds 
  its 
  skirt 
  on. 
  The 
  skirt 
  

   drops 
  exposing 
  the 
  legs 
  of 
  the 
  doll. 
  Then 
  the 
  doubting 
  woman 
  

   laughs 
  for 
  every 
  one 
  else 
  is 
  laughing, 
  at 
  the 
  doll 
  she 
  supposes, 
  

   but 
  she 
  shortly 
  notices 
  that 
  every 
  one 
  is 
  looking 
  at 
  her, 
  and 
  to 
  

  

  