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onainiwa put some specular iron, yalahaii^ into a corn husk and depos- 

 ited it to the north side of the tray. He then brought his natsi and 

 sat down on the banquette in the southeast side of the kiva. Tanak- 

 yeshtiwa squatted down before him, pulverized some whitish clay 

 called kovdndoma in his hands, and wetting his fore and middle 

 fingers rubbed them in the powder and made the typical Pookon marks 

 on tne cheeks, chest, back, legs and arms of Koyonainiwa's body, and 

 on the forehead he rubbed red mineral paint {cutd). He also made 

 two marks on the soles of his feet. He then handed hinvthe follow- 

 ing objects in the order named, always waving them towards him 

 from the six directions: a white corn ear, pair of moccasins, pair of 

 ankle bands, knee bands, a buckskin bandoleer,* stone tomahawk, 

 a shield, two caps, bow and arrows, and lastly the natsi. The bando- 

 leer Koy6nainiwa hung over his shoulder, the shield on his back, the 

 tomahawk on his left arm, and one of the caps he placed on his head. 

 The bandoleer contains dried entrails of enemies slain in former 

 times. Finally, Tanakyeshtiwa rubbed over his nose the black pow- 

 der jaAz/ta/V from the corn husk. 



Thus dressed, Koyonainiwa sat down on the north and Y^shiwa on 

 the east side of the medicine tray, and Koyonainiwa put the other cap 

 on Yeshiwa's head and then sprinkled some meal into the tray from 

 all directions, and handed some to Ycishiwa, whispering a few words 

 to him. He then handed him the natsi., waving it from the six direc- 

 tions, which Yeshiwa placed into the tray with the arrow points up, 

 and held it in that position with both hands during the entire cere- 

 mony. (See PI. X.) All present now disrobed and sat down west 

 and south of the tray, Shokhunyoma alone remaining in the northwest 

 corner of the kiva carding cotton. Koyonainiwa, holding in his left 

 hand the old bow, arrows and. an old corn ear, sprinkled a line of 

 meal over the natsi towards and up the ladder, returned and again 

 threw a pinch towards the ladder. Then he sprinkled some specular 

 iron {yalahaii) from the corn husk north from the tray along the corn- 

 meal road towards the ladder and over the tray as before, and rubbed 

 a little of it on the face and under the right eye of Yeshiwa. Talass- 

 yamtiwa now handed a cigarette to Koyonainiwa, who smoked four 

 times; then he put the cigarette into Yeshiwa's mouth, who also 

 smoked four times; then Koyonainiwa smoked again four times, blow- 

 ing the smoke towards the natsi, and then some of those in the first row 

 smoked (Talaskwaptiwa, Tob(§hoyoma, Tanakyeshtiwa, Qoyayeptiwk 

 and Tawakwaptiwa). A short prayer was uttered by Koyonainiwa 



* The bandoleer, tomahawk, shield and bow and arrows show evidence of great antiquity. 

 In 1893 a dressed panther sicin was used instead of a buckslcin. 



