176 Field Columhian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. III. 



20. Nu'-wa-wa, Batang-a (Squash) clan. 



21. Kashnimka, Honawuu (Bear) clan, Antelope mana. 



22. Talamosi, Karro (Parrot) clan. 



TiNGAPNGvu (Announcement), August 5. 



On this morning Shakhungwa, who is the Chaakmongwi or Crier 

 Chief,* at sunrise ascended the roof of the ancestral home of the 

 Kohkang namu (Spider clan) and made the formal announcement 

 of the approaching ceremony after having sprinkled cornmeal to the 

 rising sun. His speech was in substance as follows: 



Shuhkop talaat ahpik imaTcotcopt, Tcutciit kukinaniwani yungni. 

 Pai oomawhtu nananiwok kukniwak puu ang pao itamui hoyoyoikni 

 puu itah kihut omi Skini puu ang pao yoyoknayani. Puu uyi, kawai uyi, 

 melon uyi, mori uyi, hatik uyi, tawiya, pocovi, puu sipala pam anihtini. 

 Puu chachayom angnonoshani, puu ooyani. Puu tuwat itam wiiwii} u- 

 kamu, yumatu, namatu, mamantu ang tuwat nonoshani puu ooyayee. 

 Pam ang tukvsini puu kiam ooyani. Puu ahpi put nitkaikahkango 

 lionowakahkang yeshni. Puu momoyam, mamantu pumua shuan 

 notkolalawani. Puu itam angwuhaktini. Puu wuwuyiwishni, wuh- 

 taktini, wuhtihaskitini. Owi itam yan hakam tonatyaokahkango, 

 hahlaikahkango, pasa talaat aohoyoyoikani. Pai yanni. 



A free rendering of this is as follows: 



Sixteen days and then these Antelopes and Snakes will arise and 

 assemble. Then you clouds from the different world quarters arise 

 and come drawing this way. Having come over our houses come 

 and rain (on us). Then the corn, watermelon plants, melon plants, 



bean plants, • plants, gourd plants, the wheat and the peaches 



will thrive. Then the children will eat and be filled. And then we 

 too, the older ones, the mothers, the fathers, the maidens will eat and 

 be filled. And then when that (the crop) is matured we shall put it 

 into the houses; after which we shall make food of it and live of it. 

 And the women and maidens shall be fruitful and we shall increase. 

 We shall live long, become old men and old women. 



Yes, thus we are watching, waiting, are happy drawing near that 

 number of days. Yes, thus be it.f 



After having concluded this speech the crier takes the tray with 

 the prayer offerings, descends the mesa on the west side and goes to 



♦Shakhungwa inherited his position of religious Crier Chief from liis uncle, /. e., his motlier's 

 brother, on his death, inasmuch as his own brother had died a few years ago. 



fThe crier is a comparatively young man, and when he dictated this speech h« said that, as 

 the announcements for other ceremonies were in many respects very similar, he sometimes got 

 somewhat confused and frankly admitted that he was not sure whether he had it exactly the way 

 his predecessors had had it. 



