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house, or chicken house. The bahos and nakwakwosis that were fin- 

 ished were placed on the floor, a little honey was spat on them, then 

 the maker smoked over them, and finally they were tied in a little 

 bundle and hung up on the kiva walls for use on the morning of the 

 ninth day.* 



In the evening of this, the 7th day, an interesting piece of relig- 

 ious paraphernalia is made in all kivas, the so-called '' IiiJiikwispi,'' 

 meaning: something, or the object to breathe on. These objects 

 are made in the following manner: A cotton string, is tied to the point 

 of a corn husk, drawn along the husk and fastened to the stub end. 

 About a foot away another husk is fastened in the same manner 

 and then another, four in all. At the point end of every husk is 

 also fastened an eagle naktvakwosi. Another string, the length of 

 which is from the point of the middle finger' to the middle of the 

 throat, is then fastened to the last husk and at the end of this string 

 is fastened an eagle breath feather and a feather of one of each of the 

 following birds: tawamana (oriole), choro (bluebird), karro (parrot), 

 posiwuu (magpie), asya (hepatic tanager ?) and /^/^i-Z/Z'^crt' (unidentified). 

 These feathers are supposed to be used but are sometimes substituted 

 by others if anyone is out of one or the other feather. The (red) 

 parrot feather is the ceremonial feather for the south, but since these 

 feathers are very scarce now, other red feathers are substituted, 

 especially a small red one from the head of a species of the qdqopi 

 (chat). 



When the hihikwispi were done, the four husks were placed one 

 into the other, the long string folded into the upper one and they were 

 then put away for use on the following morning. Occasionally someone 

 who was away on this day, will prepare his hihikwispi early the next 

 morning. Not every occupant of the kiva makes one, but several men 

 sometimes use the same hihikwispi the next morning. There seems 

 to be no rule as to who makes one and who not. It seems some 

 make them one, others another year. • 



Eighth Day, Totoka (Food providing). 



Early in the morning the offering of meal to the dawn [kuiwato) 

 took place as usual. In the Wikolapi and Kwan kivas, where no 

 fasts were observed thus far, the men fast all day but eat a sumptuous 



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* The people in the Sakwalcinve kiva also had a separate Soyal ceremony in 1897, which 

 irritated those in the Ponovi kiva very much. There also bahos were made, very much the same 

 as in the Potiovi kiva, only all were dark green, so far as could be seen, and some were not deco- 

 rated. Here also not all had kilts on. Every one smoked over his bahos and then spat honey on 

 them. 



