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with corn meal, some of which was put on four larger trays ox pot as, 

 which had been placed in a row north of the fireplace by Shokhunyoma. 

 In. the center of each tray was planted a bunch of the corn-husk pack- 

 ets (inosiata) which .was prepared on the fifth day, and around this 

 were thrust into the meal four of the thin black chochokpia/fiu that had 

 been prepared by Shokhunyoma on the previous day. Between and 

 beside the trays were placed the hihikwispi already described. (See 

 frontispiece.) At about 3:45 the four messengers who had gathered 

 the corn dressed up again, and, after some measuring and comparing 

 of their sizes, assumed a position north of the po fas. The men who 

 had arranged themselves around the small altar were silent but the 

 whistling into the bowl was continued. The ceremony around the 

 small altar commenced at about half-past two o'clock. Y^shiwa, who 

 had built the altar, was evidently the leader; with him were Talask- 

 waptiwa, Tob^hoyoma, Talahoyoma and Shokhunyoma. 



At about 3:15 two men from the Kw an kiva, Lomaushna and Tan- 

 akhoyoma (of the Kwaktuantu order) came into the Ponovi kiva, 

 sprinkled meal towards the altars and then sat down on each side of 

 the ladder, putting one arm around the nearest ladder pole. They 

 were in full ceremonial dress kilt, sash, fox skin, beads, etc., and 

 each had a monkoho with three bells in the left hand. Talassyamtiwa 

 had prepared a number of cigarettes, of which he handed one to the 

 four men sitting around the small altar, one to the t\^o Kwakw ant u 

 and one to Koyonainiwa, who had in the meanwhile dressed up and 

 sat down close to the wall southeast of the ladder, holding the bow, 

 arrows and tomahawk in his hands to guard the kiva entrance. At 

 this time two more women came in, Punnanomsi (Loliilomai's sister) 

 and Honanmana (wife ofKuktiwa), and after sprinkling meal towards 

 the altar sat down in the south end of the kiva; Nasinonsi was still 

 sitting at the east end of the kiva on the banquette, the place that 

 she occupied when she came in. She was dressed up at about noon 

 as previously noted. (See PL XXI h.') 



The singing and rattling at the small altar had, as stated before, 

 commenced after all had sprinkled meal at the four trays, small altars, 

 etc. (See PI, XXIa.) Talaskwaptiwa and Talahoyoma had rattles, 

 Tob^hoyoma asperged,* while Y^shiwa and Shokhunyoma had noth- 

 ing. The four messengers, who had been standing south of the potas 

 a little while, took them up as soon as the singing and rattling at the 

 altar commenced, hung the four bunches of hihikwispi over the left 

 shoulders and, after going around in a circle in a peculiar manner 

 four times, left the kiva, walked round the outside four times and then 



*In 1899 Tob^hoyoma rattled and Taldhoyoma asperged. 



