CHAPTER VIII Minor Ceremonies 162 The Doll Being 162 Myth of Origin 162 Preparations for the Ceremony 163 The Doll Dance 164 Minsi Doll Ceremony 166 An Old Minsi Doll 168 An Early Account of Naniʹtĭs 169 Bear Ceremony 171 Traditional Origin 172 Preparations 172 The Rites 174 Otter Ceremony 176 Myth of Origin 176 The Ceremony 179 Buffalo Dance 182 Imported Ceremonies 183 Skeleton Dance 183 Peyote Rite 185 Paraphernalia 186 Officers 188 Conduct of the Ceremony 188 Ghost Dance 190 CHAPTER IX Summary 192 Religion 192 Ceremonies 196 Minor Ceremonies 198 Notes 201 Index 206 ILLUSTRATIONS PLATES PAGE Conclusion of Lenape Annual Ceremony in Oklahoma. Native Painting by Ernest Spybuck, a Shawnee _Frontispiece_ I. Lenape Man and Woman of Oklahoma in Ceremonial Costume 22 II. Costume worn by Impersonator of Mĭsinghâliʹkŭn 34 III. Masks of the Minsi (After Peter Jones) 38 IV. Stone Head or Mĭsiʹngʷ‛, from Staten Island, N. Y. 42 V. Lenape Ceremonial House near Dewey, Oklahoma 82 VI. Lenape Annual Ceremony in Progress. Native Painting by Ernest Spybuck, a Shawnee 86 VII. Plan of Lenape Ceremonial House and Grounds 94 VIII. “Nahneetis, the Guardian of Health.” 168 IX. The Peyote Rite among the Lenape. Native Painting by Ernest Spybuck, a Shawnee 186 FIGURES 1. Mask of the Oklahoma Lenape 32