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thoroughly lighted. Then taking up a tray containing four nakwak- 

 wosis and a pii/iii,* which he had made earlier in the day, he smoked 

 upon them four times and passed the tray and the pipe to Lomanak- 

 shu, who did the same. The tray being passed back to Polihungwa, 

 he gave the nakwakwosis, together with a small handful of meal, to 

 Lomanakshu, who, placing them in the corner of his blanket, arose, 

 sprinkled meal upon the tiponis as before and returned to the Snake 

 kiva.'l' Here he placed the nakwakwosis and meal in their accustomed 

 place upon the tray and sat down in his usual position, /. e., with his 

 knees drawn up in front of his chin, just to the south of the fireplace. 

 The fuse being lighted by Sikayoma from a glowing coal which 

 Choshnimtiwa had just brought in and passed to Lomanakshu, he 

 lighted a pipe and, after smoking for some minutes, took up the tray 

 of meal with the nakwakwosi in his left hand and, holding it close in 

 front of him, smoked upon the nakwakwosi, replacing the tray in its 

 former position and continued smoking. After awhile he handed 

 the pipe to another priest in the circle, who picked up the tray and 

 smoked over the nakwakwosi four times and then passed the pipe to 

 his neighbor on his left, who did the same. The late arrivals were 

 now about concluding the morning meal on the platform. The pipe 

 and tray of nakwakwosis were now passed by Lomanakshu to his 

 brother, Nakwayeshwa, who smoked over them. Practically all the 

 priests had now concluded eating, had washed their faces and hands 

 in the manner recently described on their re-entering the kiva and had 

 resumed their positions in a semicircle about the fireplace. Lomanak- 

 shu then made the usual, somewhat lengthy address, all answering 

 from time to time, '^Anchaa.'" At his conclusion the old blind priest 

 Homiwushyoma spoke at length. Again Lomanakshu lighted with 

 the fuse the pipe, which had been replenished with native tobacco, 

 smoked silently and passed it to his neighbor on the left. There now 

 was begun a lengthy discussion as to whether the snakes which had 

 been brought in and which had not been captured in the regular way 

 by the snake hunters would be transferred now or in the evening. It 

 was finally decided to postpone their transfer until later in the day. 

 The chief reason for this was the fact that the priests had up to this 

 time provided only two receptacles for the snakes, and it w'as not 

 thought desirable to crowd them too much by placing more in 

 these two. 



♦Lomanakshu says he keeps this piihii until he is ready to return homeward from the snake 

 hunt, when he i)laces it on the trail (though it be only an imaginary onei on which he is to return 

 homeward, as a wish or prayer for a safe return. 



tPolihungwa then also sends four messengers to the four world quarters with a single green 

 baho and some cornmeal each. 



