. The religion of the Crow Indians. ularly were they takento a performance of the Singing the Cooked Meat festival, at which eachguest owning such a rock pressed it to his breast, kissed it, and addressedprayers to it. According to In-the-mouth, the bacoritsitse are found bythe odor they emit, which also indicates what kind of incense they de-mand, , whether ise or sweetgrass. All Indians agree that bacoritsi-tse have a tendency to multiply Uke hving beings. According to oneinformant it was customary to unwrap them when the first thunder washeard in the spring. In 1910 I purchased several
. The religion of the Crow Indians. ularly were they takento a performance of the Singing the Cooked Meat festival, at which eachguest owning such a rock pressed it to his breast, kissed it, and addressedprayers to it. According to In-the-mouth, the bacoritsitse are found bythe odor they emit, which also indicates what kind of incense they de-mand, , whether ise or sweetgrass. All Indians agree that bacoritsi-tse have a tendency to multiply Uke hving beings. According to oneinformant it was customary to unwrap them when the first thunder washeard in the spring. In 1910 I purchased several of these medicine rocks, generally fromyoung Indians who had inherited them and no longer used them. Irecollect paying as much as ten dollars for one; another was offered tome at the price of thirty dollars. Gray-bull owned several bacoritsitse. He showed me one resembUnga mule hoof. Soon after finding it, he had obtained three mules and hadcome to own a hundred and twenty head of horses. This stone he never •This volume, 15. 385. Fig. 1 (). Medicine Rock with Offerings. 386religionofcrowin00lowi
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