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Only about four or five of the leaders participated. None had on a 

 mask or a Katcina costume, as they were simply practicing for future 

 dances. This practice lasted about half an hour, after which the 

 •dancers hung up their rattles and sat down. 



Talaskwaptiwa at once filled the omawiapi and placed it on the 

 north banquette. Taldssyamtiwa made six cigarettes of pieces of corn 

 husk and native tobacco, the length of the cigarette being determined 

 by the width of his four fingers. Some one swept the kiva, Loliilomai 

 and Talahoyoma put on their kilts, the first also trying a bone whistle 

 which imitates the screeching of a hawk, and which was very exten- 

 sively used in the ceremony that was to follow. Koyonainiwa, dressed 

 in the same costume that he wore in the afternoon, was sitting in the 

 southeast corner of the elevated portion of the kiva, close to the pile 

 of moist sand which had been thrown up on the previous day in the 

 corner of the deeper portion. Soon some one threw a small sprig of 

 a cedar (?) branch into the kiva, of which everyone crushed a small 

 piece between his teeth, spat it into his hands and then rubbed his 

 body with both hands. 



At about 10:30 p. M., Taldhoyoma, who had left the kiva shortly 

 before, re-entered, being followed by three women, Puniiamonsi, Hon- 

 anmana and Nacinonsi.* The first two wore an atoe, the latter a tdihi 

 and knotted belt over their usual dress. All three held a white corn 

 ear, and sprinkled cornmeal on the sand pile. Nacinonsi and Punna- 

 monsi were seated on the east banquette, Honanmana on a stone and 

 blankets in the south part of the kiva. Kiwanbenoma now gave to 

 each woman a small piece of the cedar (?) sprig mentioned before, 

 and Koyonainiwa took some object, probably a piece of a root, from his 

 medicine tray, which was standing on the banquette, and put it into 

 the women's mouths. 



Talahoyoma now took the two tokwis, the small skin from the 

 sand pile and some cornmeal, stood south of the ladder, uttered a 

 short prayer, threw a pinch of meal toward the hatchway and another 

 on the sand pile, laid the skin on the latter, and then sprinkled a line 

 of cornmeal and placed the two tokwis o-a. the kiva floor in exactly the 

 same manner as Loliilomai had done on the previous evening; he then 

 sat down. Sikamoniwa handed a cigarette to Koyonainiwa, another to 

 the watchers outside, a third to one of the leaders, probably Shok- 

 hunyoma, or Lolulomai. All smoked for a few minutes, whereupon 

 Talahoyoma left the kiva, holding in his hands four cornmeal balls 

 about two inches in diameter. By whom these balls had been made 



*The first is now acting as Soyalmana. Thie other two had been acting in that same capacity 

 in former years. This mana changes every four years. . 



