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their original position in front of the pile of snake whips, Lomanakshu 

 now gave to one of the priests four nakwakwosis and a small bag of 

 meal, which he tied up'in an old cotton handkerchief and left the kiva. 

 Presumably these were deposited in some shrine or spring.* Loman- 

 akshu next gave to each of the priests present a single red-stained 

 nakwakwosi, which he tied into his hair. At this point another priest 

 entered, joined the circle and smoked, after having disrobed, and 

 Lomanakshu securing his feather bags made for him a nakwaita, his 

 supply having been exhausted in the distribution just mentioned. 

 Tht-n Lomanakshu filled his mouth with water and, ascending to the 

 kiva hatchway, turned to the east and washed his face and hands and 

 entered the Antelope kiva. During his absence the Snake priests 

 began active operations for the hunt. The majority of them, having 

 in some niche in the kiva wall an individual buckskin sack contain- 

 ing red paint, secured it and with this they painted their faces a light 

 red color, and with the finger painted a deep red line down each breast 

 over the nipples. 



On Lomanakshu's entering the Antelope kiva he was greeted by 

 the Antelope priest and sat down with him by the side and to the west 

 of the fireplace. Polihungwa then lighted a pipe filled with native 

 tobacco, and taking up a meal tray upon which were four nakwakwosis 

 which he had made early that morning, he smoked over them four 

 times. He then deposited the tray on the floor and passed the 

 pipe to Lomanakshu, exchanging terms of relationship, who also 

 held the tray in front of him and smoked on the nakwakwosis four 

 times. Arising, he went to the rear of the kiva where he smoked on 

 each one of the Antelope tipotiies and returned to the side of Poli- 

 hungwa where he finished smoking the pipe. There was then an 

 interchange of speeches between the two chiefs, and Lomanakshu 

 took up the nakwakwosis, together with a handful of meal which he 

 rolled up in a corner of his blanket, whereupon he began to address 

 Polihungwa. He then rose and sprinkled meal over each tiponi four 

 times and departed for his own kiva. Here he transferred the nak- 

 wakwosis and meal to the small buckskin sack, adding to it a nak- 

 wakwosi with an unusually long feather from his own tray. He 

 then gathered several pipes and some native tobacco, together with 

 corn husks to be used as cigarettes, which had been brought in 

 by one of the priests, and placed them in another sack. He then 

 fastened by means of a cord around his neck a small sack of red paint. 

 The priests then began to examine the snake sacks, each one being 



•Upon inquiry, Lomanakshu stated later that this man had wanted to go to his field and he 

 had <iven liim some prayer otferinKs, which was usually done on such occasions. 



