this was repeated many times as each man made his prayer and submitted to his yoke of suffering and transcendence , but the very first time joe saw the blood run down a mans back he went wild , screaming and running into the sacred circle and the helpers appointed to act as security grabbed him as gently as they could but firmly and they took him to the medicine tent where a man in a red arm band gave him some herbal tea and talked to him quietly , quietlybut he didnt stop talking to joe until the drums and the chanting had ceased and the ceremony was over for a short break .