Mar. igoi. The Oraibi Soyal Ceremony — Dorsey. 47 



near the fireplace. The men at Koy6nainiwa's altar smoked first, the 

 details of which, however, were not noted. Lolulomai handed to 

 each of the three men at the small altar what seemed to be a little 

 cornmeal, and put something into their mouths, he also taking some. 

 Koyonainiwa now sprinkled a meal road to the east side of the ladder 

 and back again. Tanakweima handed a cigarette to Talaskwaptiwa 

 and the four men at the smaller altar smoked, Koyonainiwa, I think, 

 too. The latter then gave a signal and the singing at both altars 

 commenced, accompanied by vigorous rattling at the small altar, 

 but the songs of the two crowds differed. During the first song 

 Koy6nainiwa made the four meal lines on the four sides of the kiva, 

 then threw a little meal to the ceiling four times over his medicine 

 tray. At the small altars the two chiefs threw something from a corn- 

 husk into the medicine bowl, I believe talassi (corn pollen). Another 

 song was intoned by the crowd, Koyonainiwa screamed into the medi- 

 cine tray occasionally and then asperged. 



" Second Song. By the crowd. (Those at the small altar were, so 

 it seemed, singing the same song over and over again.) Tanak- 

 yeshtiwa rubbed a little wet clay on the back and breast of all pres- 

 ent, himself last. 



" Third Song. Tobdhoyoma handed the big cloud blower to Koy- 

 onainiwa, who blew smoke over his medicine tray and then went up 

 the ladder and spat some honey through the hatchway. 



^'Fourth Song. Koyonainiwa stood on the north side of the medi- 

 cine tray, holding the shield in the left, a small bunch of black feath- 

 ers in the right hand. Tanakyeshtiwa, sitting on south side of the 

 tray, had the two mashaata in his hands and threatened to stab Koy- 

 onainiwa, who pretended to defend himself with the shield. The 

 song grew wilder and wilder. Finally both stooped down and Koy- 

 onainiwa beat the floor with the rim of the shield, while all yelled 

 very loudly, which was evidently the war cry. This they did six 

 times; then all were silent, the four at the small altar continuing to 

 sing. The tobacco chief lighted the cigarette. 



^^ Fifth Song. While this song was intoned, Koyonainwa and some 

 of the leaders smoked. At the end of this song the four at the small 

 altar put down their rattles, the tobacco chief handed another cigar- 

 ette to Koyonainiwa another to the four men, and all (as nearly as I 

 could see) smoked.* Koyonainiwa then uttered a prayer, to which all 

 responded by '-'-kwakwai.'' The stones in the medicine tray were then 

 thoroughly mixed and each one sucked on them. Shokhunyoma 



•The light in the kiva being very poor, some of the details were probably unobserved, but as 

 to Koy6i.iainiwa's ceremony there is no doubt of its being the same as described elsewhere. 



