It would be naïve to suppose that peyote tastes any less unpleasant to natives than it does to Whites. But we should remember that peyote is eaten by Indians influenced by strong motives and deep belief, and the consequent physiological state is easily and adequately rationalized. It is not surprising that a man addicted to alcohol and shamed by it before both Indians and Whites believes that “whiskey and peyote fight in a man, and usually peyote wins and brings it out.” No doubt such a cure _ad nauseam_ is as good as any, and more effective than some. The depressing effect of peyote is also well recognized and measures are taken to overcome it. The Arapaho have feathers at four corners of the tipi to brush persons who tire during the meeting, and the “smoke” at Taos is made to overcome the depression of the early stages of eating, as sage is similarly used in the Plains.[7] But suffering is counted even a positive virtue among people who had the “vision quest” in the old days. A crippled Indian at Miami told me that “to get power from peyote a man must suffer to it.” The four rounds of the drum without water among the Caddo suggests an intention of making the meeting an ordeal, and Mrs. Voegelin’s Shawnee informant emphasized that the Spybuck moon modelled on the Caddo was “hard.” Most informants would consider the Osage, who have “beds” in their meeting-houses sometimes, not merely ostentatious but also “soft”; one old man said that sage under the blankets of the seat as a cushion indicated a decadent generation, for did not they sit on the bare ground in the old days? A Kickapoo informant said Quanah Parker used to warn them that the taste of peyote wasn’t good, though “it would keep you on the right path.” About 2:10 in the morning a Comanche informant of Simmons said: If there is suffering, this is the time. That’s the reason I took a good rest: so I could stand it. Many a time I have fallen over at this time. It’s getting on to what they call the dark hour, the hour of the Crucifixion. Everyone here is suffering now. The Winnebago[8] elaborated into a dogma the physiological effect of peyote in producing occasional vomiting: If a person who is truly repentant eats peyote for the first time, he does not suffer at all from its effects. But if an individual is bull-headed, does not believe in its virtue, he is likely to suffer a great deal.... If a person eats peyote and does not repent openly, he has a guilty conscience, which leaves him as soon as the public repentance has been made.... If a peyote-user relapses into his old way of living, then the peyote causes him great suffering.... The disagreeable effects of the peyote varied directly with a man’s disbelief in it. This explanation [Rave] persistently drummed into the ears of beginners, who otherwise become terrified and give up too soon.