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nap hakawat unangwasyag nalo nanaiwo tuikaowak; 1 put akv puma 

 ich itamui okwatotowani yokwani." 



Free translation. 



"Now, then, here we array (decorate), those four different ones, 

 (somewhere in the four world quarters), our fathers, the chiefs (deities); 

 therefore cooperate we here with our offerings. From somewhere, 

 may, with their help, the four different ones (the deities of the four 

 world quarters) have pity upon us quickly, and let it rain at the right 

 time." 



Hereupon all got up, those of the women that had tied up some 

 nakwakwosis in corn-husks taking them from the tray and placing them 

 on the floor near the altar. It was now about ten-thirty o'clock in 

 the forenoon. 



Pungnyanomsi now took the tray with the nakwakwosis out, but 

 I did not learn where she took them. The women then again made 

 many nakwakwosis of turkey and eagle feathers. Some again tied 

 some to their tiponi mothers. The rest of the ceremonies of this day 

 were not observed on this occasion. 



The above description of the proceedings of this day were taken 

 from my notes of 1897. The following is taken from my notes of 1901. 

 The two observations overlap each other from the time when the 

 participants prepare the first lot of prayer offerings, after the altar 

 ceremony, until the conclusion of the brief consecration over this lot 

 of offerings, probably about two hours. But, instead of compiling 

 this part of the notes, it was thought best to give each report sepa- 

 rately, first, to avoid confusion; secondly, because there are some varia- 

 tions in the ceremonies of the two years. 



Notes of January 12, 1901: 



When I arrived at the kiva in the forenoon all were busily engaged 

 in making nakwakwosis. One woman tied one to one of the ladder 

 beams as a protection against falling from the ladder. One or two 

 other men had come in on this day and also placed a nakwakwosi and 

 a pinch of meal on the floor near the fireplace. A man, Qomaletstiwa, 

 tied two roads and one nakwakwosi to a stick which he thrust behind 

 a joist of the kiva roof as protection against accidents. Other women 

 fastened some nakwakwosis to their mother tiponis again; many 

 offerings were laid over the arms of the two fetishes. 



The nakwakwosis that were tied to the "mothers," were all turkey 

 feathers, those to the fetishes, both turkey and eagle, while to the 



1 According to one informant this word implies the meaning " persuade," " urge," etc., instead of 

 "at the right time," in which case the rendering would be: May from somewhere the four deities be 

 persuaded to have pity upon us quickly and let it rain. 



