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making nakwakwosis of different kinds and numbers, varying with the 

 different men. Shakwuna and Masaveima each made six nakwakwosis 

 and two puhtavis; Tangakyeshtiwa, six nakwakwosis and four piihtavis; 

 Qomaho, six puhtavis; Namitnyaoma, nine nakwakwosis and two 

 puhtavis; Siviletstiwa, a good many of both, etc. Each one, when 

 done, smoked and spurted honey over his bahos or nakwakwosis. 

 Lomahungwa also did the same with his bahos and nakwakwosis, and 

 then also walked up the ladder and spurted honey up the ladder and 

 through the hatch -way. 



All bahos and nakwakwosis were then placed on a tray on the north, 

 west, south and east sides; on the north-east (above) and south-west 

 (below) only nakwakwosis. 



Food was then brought to the kiva by women, and all partook of the 

 noon-day meal in the kiva. 



After dinner Qomaho fixed the six direction altar (see Plate LV), 

 sprinkling first dry, fine sand on the floor. He then sprinkled meal 

 from six directions, placing the medicine bowl on the centre of these 

 lines. The six corn-ears and six old aspergills he placed around the 

 bowl in the usual ceremonial order. First, I think, he poured the water 

 into the medicine bowl. Then he put a green object, perhaps about two 

 and one-half by two inches in size, into the bowl. This piece of sherd 

 or stone had evidently been broken from a larger piece and seemed to 

 be very old. It was of a light green color, opaque, but had highly pol- 

 ished places, evidently from long usage. On one side it was smooth, 

 on the other it had raised decorations as if it had been either cast in a 

 mould or carved. It resembled stone objects found in the ruins of 

 Mexico. Qomaho furthermore placed six pieces of shell and stone and 

 six old nakwakwosis of six different feathers near the six corn-ears. 

 Reaching with a small stick into nine different small buckskin bags, he 

 put what little powder adhered to the stick into the medicine bowl. 

 He then rubbed onto each corn-ear a little paste which was said to have 

 been made of various kinds of seeds, and lastly he put a little honey into 

 the bowl. Towahoyniwa then brought in a small ball of snow (about 

 three inches in diameter), into which he thrust four oriole feathers. 

 He said that he did this "so that the snow should melt and make the 

 fields wet." 



Lomahungwa had in the meanwhile filled the big cloud pipe, or 

 cloud blower, and put up the tiponi. The Flute players were now 

 getting ready their flutes. Qamoho put a little talasi (corn-pollen) on 

 a corn-husk to be used in the altar ceremony. All now took their 

 places and waited. (See diagram, Plate LV). Lomahungwa lighted 

 the cloud pipe and blew smoke over the altar. Singing then began. 



