Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ontally before the ceremonial house. The men and women of thefraternity also pelt one another with fire, not even sparing the very pretty sight is a run of about a thousand yards, in a kind ofmeander, by two of the men of the fraternity, both carrying flamingmasses of cedar fiber, the foremost one flying like the wind and theother apparently no less fast, but he does not catch the men are nude except for the black \yoven breechcloth. Thewomen wear their ordinary dress and kni
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . ontally before the ceremonial house. The men and women of thefraternity also pelt one another with fire, not even sparing the very pretty sight is a run of about a thousand yards, in a kind ofmeander, by two of the men of the fraternity, both carrying flamingmasses of cedar fiber, the foremost one flying like the wind and theother apparently no less fast, but he does not catch the men are nude except for the black \yoven breechcloth. Thewomen wear their ordinary dress and knitted leggings, and their feetare liare. The women especially seem to enjoy the fun. Two tricksworthy of mention are performed at night in the ceremonial yucca rope apparently passes through the body of another, the ropebeing held liy a man at each end. The illusion is perfect. Anothertrick is the changing of a basket tray of balls of blue mush. Thewriter, taking one, finds it to be as pliable as firm mush. The tray,with the balls of mush, is afterward raised high and waved to the six.
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