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PL. V. HOMIKINI AND FAMILY. 



The plate shows the assistant chief priest, who plays such a conspicuous 

 part in the ceremony, and is mentioned so often throughout the paper, in front of 

 his home, and with his children and grandchildren. The young man to the left is 

 his son, who is a cripple, his legs being paralyzed. The woman nursing the child 

 is his daughter, the mother of the three smaller children on the plate. His son- 

 in-law, the husband of the woman, is not present. Homikini, besides being the 

 assistant chief priest in this ceremony, is also, probably, the best Indian physician 

 in Ordibi. He is a splendid botanist, and has a good knowledge of the medicinal 

 properties of the various herbs, viewing the matter from the Hopi standpoint. 



