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frigida), a turkey feather and a small packet of corn-husk, containing 

 corn -meal and honey, a turkey feather and an eagle feather nakwa- 

 kwosis. He also made five nakwakwosis (see Plate XXX, b and c). 



Each of the women first made one nakwakwosi for the sun which 

 they placed with Wickwaya's baho. They then prepared a number 

 of other nakwakwosis, some made four, some five, some six, which they 

 placed on a tray to which Wickwaya added those prepared by himself 

 and the others, for the sun. The nakwakwosis were placed towards 

 the north, west, south, east and south-west directions on the tray, the 

 sun offerings towards the south-east, which is very unusual. The tray 

 was now placed on the floor towards the center of the room. On the 

 north-east side of it on the floor was standing the tiponi (emblem) 

 of the order. All now arrayed themselves around the tray, Wickwaya 

 on the north-east side, to his right his sister, the tiponi standing in 

 front and between them. Then came their mother and then the rest 

 of the women. 



When all had assumed their (squatting) position, Wickwaya placed 

 a handful of meal on the center of the tray and on each pile of nakwa- 

 kwosis and some meal and a pinch of talasi (corn-pollen) on the baho 

 and nakwakwosis, prepared for the sun. He then uttered a short 

 prayer, took a mosilili (shell rattle), his sister and her assistant, each a 

 gourd rattle, and then all chanted a few songs, I think, three in all, 

 which they accompanied with their rattles. When the singing was 

 concluded, Wickwaya smoked a while, blowing the smoke into the 

 tray. The women waited in silence. He then took a little honey into 

 his mouth, spurted it over the tray and then handed the contents of 

 the tray to five women, each taking with her a little meal and in their 

 mouths a pinch of honey. One took the sun offering to a place on the 

 point of the mesa south of the village. The others deposited the nak- 

 wakwosis on the four sides of and a few hundred yards from the village. 

 While they were gone Wickwaya put away the tiponi, paints, feathers, 

 etc., and when all had returned they partook of a meal. In the evening 

 a Katcina dance took place in the kivas. 



THE PRINCIPAL CEREMONY. 



First Day (Shush ka himuu; once not anything) . 



While the chief priest and, I believe, also his assistant, usually go 

 into the kiva the previous evening already, smoking, and eating there 

 and decorticating some sticks to be used for bahos in the ceremony, 

 this is really the first day on which ceremonies take place, though the 

 Hopi do not call this but the next day, Shush tala (first day). I have 



