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monies necessary for detailed study, which ordinarily would become 

 very arduous, came to be a genuine pleasure. Often were we invited 

 to partake of their piki bread and other food, and many were the 

 requests that we join them in the circle about the hearth as they 

 were engaged in ceremonial smoking, which request was occasionally 

 accepted by the senior author. In fact, I believe that no Hopi cere- 

 mony was ever witnessed under more favorable circumstances, and 

 to Polihungwa (see PI. LXXVII), Chief of the Antelope priests, to 

 Lomanakshu (see PI. LXXVIII), Chief of the Snake priests, and to 

 all priests of both Societies, we owe our sincerest thanks, and we shall 

 always hold them in grateful memory. 



I was accompanied throughout the ceremony by Mr. Charles H. 

 Carpenter, the Museum photographer, and by Mr. S. W. Matteson 

 of Denver. Both these gentlemen had full access to the kivas at all 

 times, and their careful and conscientious work is amply revealed m 

 the admirable illustrations which accompany this paper. For this 

 work, and for their assistance in many other ways, freely given at all 

 times of the day or night, we are very greatly indebted. Grateful 

 acknowledgment must also be made of the many services rendered 

 by Mr. Owen. Indeed, without the aid of these three gentlemen,. 

 many of the observations contained within could not have been made. 



It is a great pleasure to speak of the many kindnesses and never 

 failing courtesy, extended over two years, of Mr. Charles A. Burton, 

 the Acting Agent in charge of the Hopi. 



To Mr. Stanley McCormick, through whose generous liberality 

 the Department has been able to carry on uninterruptedly for three 

 years anthropological investigations among the Hopi, are due the 

 profound thanks of the Museum, of myself personally, and of all 

 students of the primitive peoples of America. 



George A. Dorsey, 

 Curator, Department of Anthropology. 



Chicago, June i, 1902. 



