After the dance is done, the scalp is buried or put up on the scaffold with some of the deceased of the tribe who took the scalp.

So much for the scalp dance--a high religious ceremony, not, as some suppose, a mere amusement.
The Sacred Feast is given in honor of the sacred medicine, and is always given by medicine-men or women who are initiated into the mysteries of the medicine dance.

The medicine men are invariably the greatest rascals of the band, yet the utmost respect is shown them.

Every one fears the power of a medicine man.

When a medicine man intends giving a feast, he goes or sends to the persons whom he wishes to invite.