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ber of the men sat on the elevated part of the kiva, the rest were in 

 front of the altar, where, in the front row, now sat the following men: 

 Talaskwaptiwa, Sikamoniwa, Y^shiwa, Lomanka and Tanakyeshtiwa. 



West of the fireplace lay some cigarettes and a cloud blower. 

 For a few minutes the men indulged in silent smoking. At about 11 

 o'clock Talahoyoma (in 1894 Lolulomai) put on a kilt, sash, woko- 

 kunnoa, beads, nak^ca, bells on the left leg, and arm-bands on both 

 arms with buckskin fringes; his arms, hands, feet, lower legs, shoul- 

 ders, back and a ring over the abdomen and one over the knees were 

 daubed white. He took some cornmeal and went out.* He may 

 be termed the Hawk Man, as he evidently represented, and is called 

 by the priests, a hawk. Outside he sprinkled a meal line toward the 

 kiva hatchway from the north, west, south, east and southwest, and 

 then one from the kiva toward the southeast for about twelve or fif- 

 teen feet. Taking a position on the farther end of this line he 

 screeched with the bone whistle mentioned before (imitating a hawk), 

 and was answered from the kiva by Talaskwaptiwa with a similar 

 whistle. Coming closer "to the kiva " he screeched, and was answered 

 again, the women saying, ' ' Vunyaa" (come in). He then threw the four 

 meal balls into the kiva, where they dropped east of the fireplace, 

 the women saying ^^Askwali'' (thanks) each time. Here Nacinonsi sat 

 down on the floor close to the banquette. He then came in, squatted 

 down at the east side of the ladder,, having one of the mashaata in 

 each hand. Here he screeched again several times and was answered 

 with a rattle by Talaskwaptiwa. All then commenced to sing, Tal- 

 ahoyoma waving the mashaata vigorously backward and forward, first 

 to the north, then in a few minutes to the west, a few minutes later 

 to the south and finally to the east, every once in a while screeching. 

 Before changing to a new cardinal point he turned to the audience 

 for a few minutes, holding both hands half way up, but without mov- 

 ing them, and always remaining in a squatting position, resembling 

 that of a bird. 



Another song. Talahoyoma screeched, got up, stepped down in 

 the main part of the kiva, worked his way in a slow-stepping dance 

 along the three meal lines, going around the tokwis and back to Tal- 

 askwaptiwa, where he laid the mashaata on the floor and left the 

 kiva, the women saying ^'Askwali.'' The singing stopped. 



In a few minutes he returned, got four new ballst and sprinkled 

 the meal lines outside as before. An old tray was in the meanwhile 



*ral4hoyoma acted here for the first time in this capacity; he is to be Loltilomai's successor as 

 Soyal Priest, and has lately been initiated into the various performances in different ceremonies. 



+ It was not observed who made them, but very likely V^shiwa, who had prepared them in 

 the 1894 ceremony. 



