. Bulletin. Ethnology. 150 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 61 fat, and having lighted the pipe, offered it to such of his friends as felt themselves worthy to smoke it. No one who knew himself to be unworthy ever dared to touch the Sun-dance pipe. Among the Indians here dealt with camp had to be broken b(>fore the evening of the sec- ond day. The sacred pole and its offerings, the red-painted buffalo skidl, and the bits of white eagle down remained on the prairie. As the last man left the camping ground, he looked back and saw them in their places. Then he left them with Wakai]'tai)ka a
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 150 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 61 fat, and having lighted the pipe, offered it to such of his friends as felt themselves worthy to smoke it. No one who knew himself to be unworthy ever dared to touch the Sun-dance pipe. Among the Indians here dealt with camp had to be broken b(>fore the evening of the sec- ond day. The sacred pole and its offerings, the red-painted buffalo skidl, and the bits of white eagle down remained on the prairie. As the last man left the camping ground, he looked back and saw them in their places. Then he left them with Wakai]'tai)ka and the si- lent After the people reached their homos the hojs of the tribe be- gan a cliildish enactment of the Sun dance, which continued at intervals during the entire sum- mer. Boys whose fathers or grandfathers had taken part in the ceremony were given pref- erence m the assigning of parts. Mr. Robert P. Higheagle, the interpreter, stated that he well remembered the gravity with wliich the grandson of an In- tercessor imitated the actions of that official. A fine was exacted from any boy who failed to do his part in the proper manner, or who showed disrespect toward the performance. Whistles in imitation of Sun-dance whistles were made of reeds (see fig. 23), the plumy blossom repre- senting the eagle down, and long red and green grasses be- ins: wound around the reed in imitation of the porcupine-quiU decoration. Through the summer woods the boys sought for wild grapes and berries with which to color their bodies and their decorations. Fig. 23. Reed whistle used in boys' Sun Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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