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the large spring, Toriva, where he places the red nakwakwosis, which 

 are fastened to two short sticks, under a rock on the north side! of the 

 spring, sprinkling some meal on them (see PI. LXXXII). He then 

 sprinkles a meal line from this place to and up the entrance of the 

 spring and for a distance along the trail that he came. On this trail 

 he then places, a short distance apart, the two piihiis (roads or 

 road markers), whereupon he returns to the village. 



Nothing more is done after this pertaining to the ceremony until 

 the first ceremonial day, which is eight days later. 



First Day (Yungya, Assembly Day), August 13. 



At daybreak on the morning of this day Lomanakshu and Poli- 

 hungwa, chief priests respectively of the Snake and Antelope Frater- 

 nities, placed upright in the straw matting of the kiva hatchway their 

 natsis (see PI. LXXX, b). These consist really of a tcu wuwahpi 

 (snake whip), which is formed of a shaft of wood about nine inches long, 

 painted red, and to which are fastened two long eagle tail-feathers by 

 means of many wrappings of a buckskin thong. At the ends of the 

 eagle feathers are attached by means of a cotton string, about three 

 inches in length, an eagle breath feather. The natsis were apparently 

 alike in every detail. At the same time that the Snake priest brought 

 his naisi to the kiva he also carried an old flour sack containing snake 

 whips which he deposited back of the fireplace on the kiva floor just 

 over the sipapu (see PI. LXXXIII). The whips were removed from 

 the sack and placed on top of it, when the priest sprinkled them with 

 sacred meal from a Havasupai plaque which he had brought in 

 with him, and which he now placed on the floor in front of the whips. 

 Several ordinary tobacco pipes of native make had also been brought 

 in and were placed near the fireplace together with a cotton bag of 

 native tobacco. Those in the kiva then left for their fields and 

 throughout the day the Snake kiva was deserted until seven o'clock 

 in the evening, when Lomanakshu returned, removed his moccasins, 

 shirt and trousers and seated himself by the fireplace and indulged 

 in silent smoking. All remained in the kiva during the night. 



The Antelope priest had also brought with him early on this 

 morning from his house, in addition to his natsi, two Antelope 

 tiponies in an old flour sack and an extra natsi or snake whip. He 

 also brought pipes and a sack of native tobacco. After having placed 

 in position the natsi he entered the kiva and removed the tiponies from 

 the sack and placed them upon the banquette, their wide base turned 

 toward the wall of the kiva; the reserve natsi or snake whip he placed 



