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what seemed to be an herb or powder into the bowl. He also got his 

 omawtapi, a large, cone-shaped pipe or cloud blower, ready, made a small 

 sand hill of the sand that Masaveima had previously gotten and placed 

 his tiponi into it. The corn-ear of this sacred object protruded pretty 

 well, the corn from it having disappeared; the feathers were also badly 

 moth-eaten. 



When the altar was finished, the tray with the prayer offerings being 

 placed north of the tiponi, the men arranged themselves around the 

 altar. Lomahungwa first lit the cloud blower, blowing the smoke into 

 the medicine bowl, whereupon a number of songs were chanted; Loma- 

 hungwa and Siviletstiwa shook mosililis (shell rattles), the others 

 waved eagle feathers to the time of the singing. 



First song: Tuwahoyniwa stands and waves two long buzzard wing 

 feathers up and down to the time of the singing, throwing a pinch of 

 ashes on them at intervals, dusting it off towards the door six times. 



Second song: Tuwahoyniwa takes meal from the tray and rubs four 

 meal lines on the four walls of the house, first on the north, then on the 

 west, south and finally on the east wall, and also between the white and 

 black and blue and red corn-ears on the floor. He then takes a seat with 

 the others and also shakes a shell rattle. 



Third song: Qomaho sprinkles some sacred meal and corn-pollen 

 along the old makwanpis into the bowl and then throws the small 

 stone lying by the side of the makwanpi into the bowl . 



Fourth song: Qomaho picks up the old makwanpis again, sprinkles 

 meal and pollen along them and then throws the old small nakwakwosis, 

 that have been lying by the side of the makwanpis, into the bowl, each 

 time whistling into the bowl with an eagle bone whistle. 



Fifth song: Qomaho wipes the chewed roots from the corn-ears, one 

 after another, into the medicine bowl. During a brief pause Qomaho 

 picks up all the ears of corn and holds them, points downward, into the 

 medicine bowl. Talasnomtiwa picks up two of the old makwanpis, 

 holds them horizontally on two sides of the corn-ears, grasping at the 

 same time the rim of the bowl with both hands, and then the 



Sixth song is intoned, during which Qomaho asperges with each 

 corn-ear into the air, beginning with the yellow one which he replaces 

 to the north side of the bowl and then with the rest in the usual order. 

 Qomaho 's meal tray was placed towards Lomahungwa who sprinkled 

 meal towards the bowl. Qomaho asperges, and then the 



Seventh song commences. Lomahungwa now sprinkles meal along 

 each corn-car into the medicine bowl. Qomaho asperges. 



Eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh songs: Nothing occurred except 

 occasional asperging by old Qomaho with the usual aspergill, which 



