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Dances 73 Bow and Arrow Dance of Woodcraft Enter the Chief, followed by as many Medicine Men as desired. All sit about the fire in a circle, smoking, except the Chief, who, standing and in silence, holds up his pipe to the Great Spirit; then addresses the Medicine Men: “My friends, we have come again through a tithe of trial, a time of hunger, a time of want. For many suns, there was no meat in the pueblo, for many suns the babies cried for food.” First Medicine Man: “Yea, Chief, death walked with my little Tawak.” Second Medicine Man: “Oh, Chief, the Great Spirit called my woman.” Chief: ‘““Yea, my friends, our hearts were troubled. .. . Then came our young man, our ‘Trail-Finder,’ said he’d hunt the hiding deer-meat, find the tracks of Shakai-katal.” (Navaho for Deer.) Third Medicine Man: “After him, there came our archer, ‘He shoots True.’ These two together saved our babies, saved our women, saved our pueblo. Let us call them and do honor. Ya-hooooooo!” : (The Medicine Men retire, and form a shallow half-circle across back of stage, arms crossed. ) To a roll of the tombé, enter, running, from opposite back corners, two archers in breech clouts and headbands, each carrying a bow and arrow in one hand. They run across the back behind the Chief, passing each other at back center ; at each far corner, turn, and run so as to stand either side of the Chief who is at back center. They bow to him, extend- ing both arms backward and downward. The Chief signs them to proceed. They acknowledge his order with upstage hand raised shoulder high. They transfer the bows and arrows, so bow is in left hand, arrow in right. Music: Thlah Hewe—Blue Corn Dance. (a) Facing the fire, each step-closes to front, and circles self, holding up bow (1 step-close to each measure) (8 meas. ) (b) With toe-flat step, they cross each other in front of fire, to opposite corners, circle selves, bow down and arrow up (13 meas.)