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chant and beat the drum - From him I think the whole dance came - through him, from far back, away in the past. A crown of twisted fur held his gray hair that was brought to short plaits at each ear alongside the huge oddly shaped ear-rings. A second drummer and three singers were very old men and two were young, learning the chant but joining lustily. Much fur was used in their decorations, as becomes mountain men - even on a hot day.

I said to Martha White "It is an old dance it hadn't been given for a long time?" "Oh not since the old days - it could not - they had no robes" "But where did they get these?" "Mrs Walker sent them and Elizabeth & Margaret brought them out to them" - "Then we have you to thank for this dance" "My Martha only part was to write the governor and offer prizes for the arts on Fiesta Day." The arts were Pottery, water color paintings & races, dancing.