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ack by shaking skins before their eyes. Skinswere also made use of to stop the entrance,being let down by strings as soon as the oxenwere inside. The slaughter was prolongedtillthe evening, when the hunters returned to theirtents. Next morning all the tongues were presentedto the chief, to the number of seventytwo.The women brought the meat to the villageon sledges drawn by dogs. The lumps on theshoulders, and the hearts, as well as thetongues were set apart for feasts, while the restor dried forwas consumed as ordinary food,sale at the fort.The time was now passed indancing andfestivity in all quarters of the village. On theevening of the day after the hunt the chiefcame to our tent, bringing with him abouttwenty men and as many women, who separatelyseated themselves as before; but theynow brought musical instruments, and soonafter their arrival began to play. The instrumentsconsisted principally in a sort of tambourine,and a gourd filled with stones, whichseveral persons accompanied by shaking twobones together; and others with bunches ofdeer hoofs, fastened to the end of a stick.Another instrument was one that was no morethan a piece of wood of three feet with notchescut on its edge. The performer drew a stickbackward and forward along the notches, keepingtime. The women sang; and the sweetness286