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small figurine on the west side and No. o those from the small figurine 

 on the east side. All beat time on the floor with the ends of these sticks. 

 At a certain word of the song they raise them and then dip them with 

 a sweeping downward motion into the charm liquid, and then asperge 

 with them. All the other singers also move the objects they hold in 

 their hands towards (but not into) the bowl. All this is done six times 

 — one time for each ceremonial direction. 



Sixth song: All throw a pinch of meal towards the altar six times. 



Seventh song: Wickwaya places a little honey on his tongue, lights 

 the cloud-blower at the fireplace and then, taking the large end be- 

 tween his lips, forces from it large clouds of smoke over the altar. 

 After spurting the honey also onto the altar he scrapes the ashes from 

 the pipe into the fireplace, whereupon he resumes his place; the singing 

 has in the meantime been continued by the others. 



Nine songs are then chanted, during which no special rites occur, 

 except asperging by No. 8 at the conclusion of each song. 



Seventeenth song: No. 1 shuffles slightly forward on her knees first; 

 the chief priest steps behind the altar, pulls out one of the smaller 

 sticks from the ridge and hands it to No. 1, waving it from left to right 

 over the medicine bowl. As soon as he has resumed his place the 

 singing is taken up again. The woman beats time by striking the end 

 of the stick on the floor. At a certain word 1 in each stanza she swings 

 the stick in front of herself from right to left and then continues to 

 beat time with it as before. She repeats this six times. All then say, 

 thanks; Wickwaya replaces the stick, circling it back over the bowl, and 

 resumes his seat. A brief, solemn silence follows. Then Wickwaya 

 and his sister utter a brief prayer; the others, one after another say: 

 "Pai itam ookaoyani (We shall be very strong (or steadfast), where- 

 upon all throw a pinch of meal towards the altar and then scatter 

 throughout the kiva. The chief priest and his assistant smoke from 

 a pipe which the latter has lighted and after the smoking, spurt some 

 honey about them. The women make nakwakwosis which they tie 

 to their hair. 2 The three principal leaders eat on this day only in the 

 evening; all others abstain from all foods containing salt. 



Second Day (Shush tala, First Day) . 



In the morning the same ceremony takes place around the altar by 

 the ten leaders as the one that occurred on the previous afternoon, 

 with the exception, however, that the discharming ceremony by Wick- 



1 See page 46. 



2 This probably refers to the Marau nakwakwosis of two small sparrow hawk feathers already 

 mentioned and which the chief priestess and her assistant had on in the morning. 



