noon
The tin cans served as dishes , and their fingers were knives and forks . Baldy carried on his saddle a simple camping outfit , one item of which was a coffee pot , with a supply of the ground berry , and , making a little fire , he soon had some prepared . They all felt better after that . Directly after noon the Indians went through some of their ceremonies . They circled about the sandy place , to the accompaniment of wild and weird yells , cavorting and dancing , weaving in and out and shaking all manner of noisemaking contrivances . A fire was built in the center of the circle , and there appeared to be some sort of sacrifice going on at a rude stone altar . Russ , with his camera concealed in a hut , got a fine series of moving pictures of all that went on .