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deposited four of the nakwakwosis, first sprinkling cornmeal and 

 uttering a prayer. Then he retraced his steps toward the village for a 

 hundred feet or more, when he turned in toward the face of the preci- 

 pice, and at a height of about four feet he removed a loose stone in" 

 the rock, disclosing a cavity about six inches square, into which, after 

 sprinkling meal and praying, as before, he deposited the remaining 

 two nakwakwosis on top of those of former years. The stone was 

 replaced, prayer was again uttered and he returned to the kiva. Here 

 followed an interval of about one hour's duration, during which time 

 nothing of importance was done by members in general, Shok- 

 hunyoma, however, again took up the making of special bahos, to be 

 used later in the ceremony. 



About 3:30 p. M. Koyonainiwa, after having made certain prepa- 

 rations for the coming ceremony, put fifteen or more pieces of various 

 kinds of roots and two pieces of some light-colored stuff, which was 

 probably kovdndoma (a special kind of kaolin used in various cere- 

 monies), into a corn-husk, then sprinkled cornmeal on the floor in 

 the northeast corner of the kiva from six directions, and in the center 

 he placed a corn-husk ring, on which he placed the before men- 

 tioned tray, into which he sprinkled meal from the six directions. 

 He next sprinkled a little meal on the floor to the six sides of the 

 tray, and on the meal he put stones, at some places stone moun- 

 tain lions {iohopkos), which he carefully selected from a pile that he 

 had emptied out near by on the floor from an old bag.* To each 

 object he now added a number of stones, bones, spear and arrow 

 points, etc., and some he threw into the tray; he sprinkled meal into 

 the tray as before. He next thrust into each pile a long black eagle 

 wing feather, and poured the water that he had previously fetched 

 from the spring from a large gourd into the bowl from the six direc- 

 tions, beginning of course with north. After this he took the pieces 

 of root from the corn husk in his mouth, chewed them, dipping 

 repeatedly water from the tray into his mouth, and emptying the con- 

 tents of his mouth into the bowl.t 



Talassyamtiwa had in the meantime made three corn-husk ciga- 

 rettes J and filled a cloud blower (omawtapi) (see PI. HI, 1). Koy- 



* In this selection of tlie stones there was an evident desire to group them by color accord- 

 ing to the six directions, yellow for the north, green for the west, red for the south and white for 

 the east, black for the above (northeast), and various colors for the below (southeast). 



t The statement has been made by LoWlomai, and at a time and under circumstances 

 when there was reason to believe that he told the truth, that among the things thrown into this 

 bowl is a powder made of powdered human hearts, taken in former times from slain enemies. 

 Others have said the same thing, among them old Taliiskwaptiwa, though the latter added that 

 he believed the supply of such powder was exhausted 



\ For all these cigarettes and for all ceremonial smoking only native tobacco is, as a rule, used. 



