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spots ok red, klack, and vzkits, and tire lace kaving several streaks or kands ok tire saros colors. Lire Ears oolv Ker vzoso^m, or dark skirt, and, tkus dressed and painted, takes part in tke 6nal dance ok all, knorvn Kers, as in tke koot-kills, tke terrn ^vudu. In tkis dance onl^ v^omen rna^ take part. d'Kev korrn an onter ring, as in tke koot-kills, and several old rvomen dance and sing in tke centre, d'Ke vzkole is keld ont ok doors; and tke girl kerselk dances in tke onter ring, tkougk, according to one account, ske sornstiines ^oins tke old nomen in tks centre, dike singers in tkis dance do not nss or carrzz tke deer-kook rattle, nkick non is kept k^ tke girl, knt kavs tke clapper-rattle, or na^tdako. Ike dance is continued till nearly noon, nken tke girl, togetker vitk several ok tke nomen, goes to tke river and katkes and snims.nkile tke old nomen sing tke "snimming-song." dike katking over, tke girl, and tke nomen nko kave keen katking nitk Ker, kavs a koot-racs kack to tke cainp, tke girl doing Ker utmost to von. d'ks rest ok tke dav is spent in merr^-making and keasting, games and gamkling. d'Kis closes tke ceremony, d'Ke entire affair is, konever, gone tkrougk nitk again at tke next period in exactly tke sarne korrn as descriksd; and tken, akter tkis second performance, tke nkole ceremony is over. Xnotker inkormant declared tkat tke order ok events nas somenkat different; namely, tkat akter tke krst kour nigkts' dance, and sukseMEnt tno nigkts' rest and tno nigkts ok kurtker dance, notking was done till tke next menstrual period, and tkat it nas akter tkis second series ok eigkt nigkts' ceremonies nas over tkat tke ffnal nudu nas keld. Ike regulations concerning suksepuent periods are akout tke same as in tke rest ok tke region. d'Ke noman Kas to remain kor kour or live da^Z in tke menstrual kut, and eat onlv a ken roots and seeds. 8ks must prepare Ker onn kood; and skould ske eat nitk otkers, tke^ nould Kave ksart- disease. 8ke Kas to use a scratcking-stick. /Vnv ok^ect or neapon toucked kg a noman during suck times is at once unfft kor use, and Kas to Ke tkorougklp nasked and rukked nitk certain roots, especially glugeZrca (elnge/rca Lrewerr (drag ?^), kskors it can Ke used again, ^.t tke end ok tke kour