1902.] Kroeber, The Arapaho. 72) 



tion before the tent-poles there. The fifth motion she made in 

 the same way before tlje door. Then, going to Cedar- Woman 

 a third time, she received five grains of corn on her hand, and 

 placed them on the ground and on the fire, just as she had 

 placed the first food given her by Cedar-Woman. The fourth 

 time, Cedar- Woman put pieces of a soft food on her hands, 

 which she ' ' fed "to the poles as previously. Then she brought 

 Cedar- Woman a pot of food standing northeast of the centre 

 {i. e., to the left of the door, viewed from inside the tent), and, 

 having had a little of the contents placed on her hands, made 

 the same motions in front of the four tent-poles and the door 

 as before. From a dish at the southeast (to the right of the 

 door), she then again "fed" the ground. Occasionally she 

 mistook the place or made a wrong motion, whereupon all the 

 ot^ier women laughed at her. After she had sat down, a 

 young woman, apparently her daughter, entered the tent and 

 kneeled before Cedar-Woman. She also had her palms 

 touched by the old woman's finger after it had been placed 

 on the ground, and she also had chewed medicine spit upon 

 her. Then Cedar- Woman fed her with a spoon; she passed 

 her hand lightly down over Cedar-Woman's arm several 

 times, apparently as a sign of thanks. Rising, she carried 

 several dishes of food to the door; then took a dish from Cedar- 

 Woman to the other old woman who possessed a sacred bag. 

 Leaving the tent, the young woman returned with plates on 

 which the food in the dish last mentioned was distributed. 

 She went out for more plates, and all the food was dished out. 

 Then she sat down against the door. All now ate. The 

 second old woman with the sacred bag once held up a piece 

 of food and said a short prayer, and one of the other women 

 did the same. When they had nearly finished eating, the 

 young woman left the tent, taking several dishes with her. 

 Several women were now called in from outside, and food was 

 given to them to carry away. At last all the food had been 

 removed from the tent. 



Then the owner of the tent, who had again been sitting near 

 the door, went out a-nd brought in live coals, which she put 

 on the fireplace. (As it was summer, there was no fire in the 



