1902.] Kreeber, The Arapaho. 7' 



been taken down, but the poles had been left standing, and 

 all the household property was still in place under them. The 

 ceremonial attachment of the ornaments took place in another 

 tent, perhaps a hundred feet away from the bare framework 

 of poles. The camp broke and moved that morning, and soon 

 these two tents were the only ones left standing. The woman 

 who had been called to preside over the ceremony was the 

 one from whom the account of the use of the sacred bags 

 was obtained by the writer (see p. 30). She was called Cedar- 

 Woman. 



The owner of the tent that was to be ornamented sent a 

 wagon to bring Cedar-Woman. She, however, was not ready, 

 and remained in her tent, painting herself and putting on a 

 good dress. Finally she came on foot, followed by another 

 old woman who possessed a sacred bag, and by a third elderly 

 woman. The food, which is a requisite of the ceremony, was 

 already in the tent, set on the ground around the fireplace. 

 There was now a delay in order that more elderly women 

 might be secured. At last enough were found. With the last 

 comers the writer entered the tent, from which men are 

 ordinarily supposed to be excluded. Cedar- Woman, the head 

 of the ceremony, sat at the back of the tent {i. e., opposite 

 the door, which, as always, faced east). At each side of the 

 tent sat four women, the owner of the tent sitting next to the 

 door. The women were cutting the red cloth into strips and 

 attaching it to the ends of. the pendants. The entirely yellow 

 pendants were being worked upon on one side of the tent, the 

 four-colored ones by the women on the other side. Cedar- 

 Woman had the piece of hide on which the large circular 

 beaded ornament was embroidered, and was cutting out the 

 ornament from it. Later she fastened the thin pendants to 

 the cow-tails. While at work putting the ornaments together, 

 all the women seemed to speak and laugh freely. The owner 

 of the tent once went out to get an awl. 



The owner of the tent now arose from her place by the door 

 and kneeled before Cedar- Woman, who took medicine from 

 her sacred bag and began to chew it. The kneeling woman 

 held out her two palms together. Cedar- Woman touched her 



