Tradition : Principally with Reference to Mythology and the

282 DILUVIAN TRADITIONS.
sprinkles the bitter water upon
it and the ground as often as
they pass the four cardinal points
of the compass. This done,
the women and children are again O
admitted. The patient cattle are
led out one by one to receive
their final adornment. . . . Then,
at a given signal, every rope is
untied, every tom-tom, pipe, and
guitar is banged or blown to
the extreme of its endurance,
and in an instant the herd,
hitherto so patient, is careering
down the street in an extremity
of terror. . . . Any one may possess
himself of whatever is carried
by the cattle. No little skill
and a vast amount of courage are
shown by the ' timid' Hindoos in
this dangerous and exciting pellmell.
The next day is Kanen
Pongol, or Pongol of the calves.
" On the evening of this day
we find the only token of corruption
in the ceremonial." . . .
Then follows a dance, just as is
described by Catlin as closing the
Mandan ceremonial, in which
very similar scenes occur.