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filled. She repeated this until she was satisfied and then there was 

 some of the hurushuki left. 



When the maiden had eaten they soon retired for the night, the 

 maiden sleeping with the grandmother. Early the next morning the 

 grandmother and the maiden went out to throw an offering of sacred 

 meal to the sun, which they did close by the entrance of the kiva. 

 Returning to the kiva the grandmother, or Spider Woman, got some 

 com -ears, shelled them, and then the maiden ground this corn for 

 three days. Early on the fourth day when the yellow dawn was 

 rising, the grandmother went out and called out to her neighbors that 

 they should come in and assist in washing the heads of the two. She 

 then went in and brought out the maiden and told her to be sitting 

 close to the kiva entrance and then wait. Soon a great many clouds 

 came and rained upon the maiden, thus washing and bathing her. 

 "Thanks," the grandmother said, "that you have thus washed the 

 bride." Hereupon she took her into the kiva. 



The maiden then again ground corn all day, and in the evening 

 prepared some chukiiviki. Spider Woman got some meat from one 

 of the inner rooms, of which they then all ate. The next day this 

 was repeated, and the maiden then made some comiviki, and in this 

 way she prepared food for all of them day after day. But she felt 

 unhappy because no one was carding and spinning cotton and pre- 

 paring a bridal costume for her, as is always done for. a bride. That 

 way they were living there for some time. The two P6okongs were 

 constantly playing with their ball and stick, also with feathered 

 arrows, but no one was preparing a bridal costume for the bride, 

 about which she was very unhappy. But Spider Woman would often 

 go into an inner room and they would frequently hear her say, 

 "Thanks, thanks," to some one, but the maiden did not know to 

 whom she was talking, but there in that room the spiders were pre- 

 paring a bridal costume, first carding the cotton, then spinning it, 

 placing it onto a loom and then weaving it. 



Finally Spider Woman said one day to the bride: "you prepare 

 some , pikami now. Your parents are homesick after you and we 

 shall then send you home. " The maiden prepared some pikami, and 

 Spider Woman some n6okwiwi, and in the evening the maiden took 

 out the pikami from the oven. Spider Woman dipped out the nrtok- 

 wiwi, and all ate and then retired for the night. In the morning 

 Spider Woman prepared some yucca suds and with it washed the 

 heads of P6okong and his bride. She then entered an inner room 

 and brought forth a complete bridal costume, which she handed to 

 the maiden. She then again went into an inner room and brought 



