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dwelling of Spider Woman to the other kiva. ' On this they went 

 across the water. As they approached the kiva to which they were 

 going, they first encountered a panther, who growled fiercely. The 

 young man gave him a green baho and spurted some medicine upon 

 him, which quieted him. A little farther on they met a bear, whom 

 they quieted in the same manner. Still farther on they came upon 

 a wildcat, to which they also handed a baho, which quieted the 

 animal. Hereupon they met a gray wolf, and finally a very large 

 rattle-snake (Kahtoya), both of which they appeased in the same 

 manner as the others. They then arrived at the kiva, where they 

 found at the entrance a bow standard (Aoat natsi). They then 

 descended the ladder and found in the kiva many people who were 

 dressed in blue kiltS, had their faces painted with specular iron 

 (yalahaii), and around their rleclcs they wore many . beads. The 

 young man sat down near' the fireplace, Spider Woman still being 

 seated on his ear, but no one spoke. The men looked at him, but 

 remained silent. Presently the chief got a large bag of tobacco and 

 a large pipe. He filled the latter and smoked four times. He then 

 handed the pipe to the young man and said; "Smoke and swallow 

 the smoke." The swallowing of the smoke was a test; any one not 

 being able to do that was driven off. Spider Woman had informed 

 the young man about this test, so he was posted. When he com- 

 menced to smoke she whispered to him: "Put me behind you." 

 This he did in an unobserved manner, so when he swallowed the 

 smoke she immediately drew the smoke from him ' and blew it away, 

 and hence he did not get dizzy. The men who did not observe the 

 trick were pleased and said to him: "All right, you are strong; you 

 are certainly some one. Thank you. Your heart is good; you are 

 one of us; you are our child." "Yes," he said, and handed them 

 some red nakwikwosis and a single green baho with red points, such 

 as are still made in Shupaulavi in the Antelope society. 



They then became very friendly, saying that they were very 

 happy over the bahos. On the walls of the kiva were hanging many 

 costumes made of snake skins. Soon the chief said to the people: 

 "Let us dress up now," and turning to the young man, he bid him 

 to turn away so that he would not see what was going on. He did 

 so, and when he looked back again the men had all dressed up in 

 the snake costumes and had turned into snakes, large and small, bull 

 snakes, racers, and rattle-snakes, that were moving about on the 

 floor hissing, rattling, etc. While he had turned away and the snake 

 people had been dressing themselves. Spider Woman had whispered 



' Through the rectum. 



