hick to form a dry surface, and on the top a number of valuable
necklaces of coral, turquois, and silver. A square was formed on the
edge of the basket with four turkey wands. (See Pl. CXVII 3.) The
song-priest with rattle led the choir. The invalid sat to the northeast
of the circle; a breechcloth was his only apparel. During the chanting
an attendant made suds from the yucca. The basket remained in position;
the man stooped over it facing north; his position allowed the sunbeams
which came through the fire opening to fall upon the suds. When the
basket was a mass of white froth the attendant washed the suds from his
hands by pouring a gourd of water over them, after which the song-priest
came forward and with corn pollen drew a cross over the suds, which
stood firm like the beaten whites of eggs, the arms of the cross
pointing to the cardinal points. A circle of the pollen was then made
around the edge of the suds. The attendant who prepared the suds touched
his right hand to the four points of the pollen lines and in the center
and placed it upon the head of the patient who first made a circle
embracing the sand and basket and then knelt upon the boughs in the
center of the sand.[3] A handful of the suds was afterwards put upon his
head. The basket was placed near him and he bathed his head thoroughly;
the maker of the suds afterwards assisted him in bathing the entire body
with the suds, and pieces of yucca were rubbed upon the body. The chant
continued through the ceremony and closed just as the remainder of the
suds was emptied by the attendant over the invalid's head. The song
priest collected the four wands from the second basket and an attendant
gathered the necklaces. A second attendant placed the basket before the
invalid who was now sitting in the center of the circle and the first
attendant assisted him in bathing the entire body with this mixture; the
body was quite covered with the pine needles which had become very soft
from soaking. The invalid then returned to his former position at the
left of the song priest, and the pine needles and yucca, together with
the sands, were carried out and deposited at the base of a pinon tree.
The body of the invalid was dried by rubbing with meal.

[Illustration: Plate CXVII. 1. PINE BOUGHS. 2, 3. BASKETS.]

[Footnote 3: The suds were crossed and encircled with the pollen to
give them additional power to restore the invalid to health.]

FOURTH CEREMONY.

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