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the face up and look just an bad as they can. Men do not scratch face. One old fellow scratched his breast. 
Cloth on grave, prophets work- to make coverlet such as at Sulphur Rank
When they built animal ceremonial home about 74 or 73 built it at Kelseyville, (near cable bridge almost goes to it) 8 or 10 feet deep- it was covered- The Indians from all parts of the country. At about that time the prophets began which came from the East, from Arizona or New Mexico. These priests claimed that a certain angel came in a dream to them to tell them to do thin and told them to teach all all the tribes. I think it originated from the Catholics. They claimed that they thought or study that they do dream in that line.
When the first ceremonial house was built there was not a nail or wire around in the building, everything out of wood. Timbers tied together. Nothing in line of white peoples material used. No boards used manufactured by the whites. This fellow who taught from one tribe to another said if we do this and we do that we shall all go to Heaven. They had an idea the world was coming to an end. This style of ceremonial house went to the Coast. Ceremonial was held which was new to the Indians. Jim Muir told of some prophets came from the East and he got back to the Pawnees in time to stop it. Thought it was some tribe of Sioux who tried to introduce it. 
They changed some of the dancing. The prophets taught dancing mentioning the dressing, fasting during certain festivals. Some of the squaws would look pretty, anything for beauty, necklaces etc., red and white, some of them still on the