﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  ^ 
  73 
  

  

  lier 
  Utmost 
  chagrin, 
  discovers 
  that 
  her 
  own 
  skirt 
  string 
  has 
  been 
  

   cut 
  and 
  that 
  she 
  is 
  covered 
  only 
  by 
  her 
  undergarments. 
  Iinmedi- 
  

   ately 
  she 
  stops 
  laughing 
  and 
  never 
  afterwards 
  doubts 
  the 
  powers 
  

   of 
  the 
  medicine 
  man, 
  who 
  when 
  he 
  cut 
  the 
  doll's 
  skirt 
  string 
  by 
  

   his 
  magic 
  power 
  cuts 
  hers 
  also 
  by 
  magic. 
  

  

  The 
  Ie''dos 
  Company 
  may 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  degree 
  of 
  

   the 
  Secret 
  Aledicine 
  Lodge 
  ; 
  Little 
  Water 
  Company 
  being 
  known 
  

   with 
  the 
  Dark 
  dancers 
  of 
  the 
  Pygmy 
  Society 
  as 
  the 
  Ho-no'-tci- 
  

   no''-ga. 
  This 
  information 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  Chief 
  Edward 
  Cornplanter. 
  

  

  De-gi'''-ya'-go'^ 
  0-d-no, 
  Buffalo 
  Society 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  ritual 
  of 
  this 
  society 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  songs 
  which 
  

   relate 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  its 
  origin. 
  

  

  2 
  After 
  a 
  Buffalo 
  ceremony 
  each 
  member 
  carries 
  away 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  Buffalo 
  pudding. 
  (For 
  receipt 
  see 
  " 
  Corn 
  and 
  other 
  vegetable 
  

   foods 
  of 
  the 
  Senecas.")^ 
  

  

  De-wa-non-diis' 
  -soh-daik-to' 
  . 
  Pygmy 
  Society 
  {the 
  Dark 
  dance 
  

  

  ceremony) 
  

  

  1 
  The 
  ritual 
  of 
  this 
  ceremony 
  consists 
  of 
  102 
  songs 
  divided 
  into 
  

   four 
  sections 
  as 
  f 
  ollow^s 
  : 
  the 
  first 
  section, 
  15 
  songs; 
  the 
  second, 
  

   23 
  songs; 
  the 
  third, 
  30 
  songs; 
  and 
  the 
  fourth, 
  34 
  songs. 
  

  

  2 
  The 
  vfti 
  drum 
  and 
  horn 
  rattle 
  are 
  used 
  during 
  this 
  ceremony 
  

   for 
  keeping 
  time. 
  

  

  3 
  The 
  Dark 
  dance 
  is 
  designed 
  to 
  propitiate 
  certain 
  spirits 
  and 
  to 
  

   secure 
  the 
  beneficent 
  ofhces 
  of 
  others, 
  thus 
  the 
  ceremony 
  is 
  per- 
  

   formed 
  for 
  appeasing 
  the 
  spirits 
  of 
  a 
  charm 
  that 
  has 
  become 
  im- 
  

   potent 
  or 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  feared, 
  such 
  as 
  fiying 
  head's 
  hair 
  or 
  ni-a'^- 
  

   giva-he^-s 
  tooth. 
  

  

  This 
  ceremony 
  also 
  pleases 
  the 
  elves 
  and 
  secures 
  their 
  good 
  will 
  

   ("It 
  is 
  the 
  religion 
  of 
  the 
  Jo-ga'-o"." 
  Sainowa.) 
  People 
  who 
  live 
  

   near 
  the 
  reputed 
  haunts 
  of 
  elves 
  often 
  order 
  a 
  Dark 
  dance 
  to 
  cure 
  

   certain 
  ills 
  that 
  are 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  punishments. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  of 
  importance 
  the 
  following 
  " 
  charms 
  " 
  are 
  " 
  members 
  " 
  

   of 
  the 
  society 
  and 
  are 
  called 
  Ho-tci-ne' 
  ga-dah, 
  Invisible 
  aids. 
  

  

  1 
  Jo-ga'-o"i^pygmies 
  

  

  2 
  Jo-di"-gwa-do"=great 
  horned 
  serpent 
  

  

  3 
  Shon-do-wek-o-wa=blue 
  panther 
  

  

  4 
  De-wiit-yo-w^a-isrrrr 
  " 
  explosive 
  bird, 
  like 
  wren, 
  explodes 
  from 
  

  

  hollow 
  in 
  tree." 
  (Mythical) 
  

  

  1 
  Bulletin 
  in 
  preparation. 
  

  

  