In the centre, the scalps are attached to a pole stuck in the ground, or else carried on the shoulders of some of the squaws.

The scalp is stretched on a hoop, and the pole to which it is attached is several feet long.

It is also covered with vermilion or red earth, and ornamented with feathers, ribbons, beads, and other trinkets, and usually a pair of scissors or a comb.

After dancing for a few minutes, the squaws stop to rest.

During this interval one of the squaws, who has had a son, husband, or brother killed by a warrior of the tribe from which the scalp she holds was taken, will relate the particulars of his death, and wind up by saying, "Whose scalp have I now on my shoulders ?" At this moment there is a general shout, and the dance again commences.
This ceremony continues sometimes, at intervals, for months; usually during the warm weather.