June, 1902. The Mi3Hon(;n()vi Ceremonies — Dorsey, 209 



Itam anchaa yep, shupyakakango lulomit itahkatci tatukaowani. 

 Anchaa. yokvvaqoo yan itahnatwanya angyonwaqoo. Put hak ang- 

 nihtee, angpocwaqOo, puu itahtim angnOnOshani. Owi itam yep 

 shuan kaatchatotani; pai ita yep itahkatci tutukaowani, ikwachimui. 

 Owi anchaa uma yep ima tciTata, itanaya, pai anchaa nalt aoyurika. 

 Pai akpanani Washington uma it totobenit tawiqQo. Anchaa anqaqo 

 itamui iamakatcit towat tonatyaotani. 



A free rendering of which is as follows: "Now, you must not 

 tell a falsehood. All right, you have come in here with us. We here 

 unitedly (of one mind) are holding on to our good manner of living. 

 Yes, if it rains our crops will sprout, will grow and jdeld plenty, and 

 our children will then eat. Yes, we also likewise do not tell false- 

 hoods here. Our friends, we have (hold on to) our life (the term 

 'life,' katci, is here taken in the comprehensive sense of manner of 

 living, pertaining to all phases of life). Now, yes (all right), you 

 alone are beholding here these snakes, our fathers. Yes, write to 

 Washington to keep this writing. And also let it be his purpose 

 that a good life may be unto us." 



It was finally decided that the snakes would not be transferred 

 this night owing to the somewhat crowded condition of the jars, but 

 that it would be done the first thing in the morning, and that from 

 now on we were to see the transfers, and it may be stated here that, 

 although up to this time we had had free access to the kivasatall times, 

 yet from now on we were not only to be given permission to remain 

 during the transfer, but we were made to feel that we were welcome 

 guests. 



It was now nearly ten o'clock. Several of the Snake priests 

 hurried out after food, for they had not yet eaten their supper. After 

 they had eaten their evening meal they again indulged for a few 

 moments in fraternal smoking, and, as usual, slept in or on (see PI. 

 XCVT) the kiva, during the night. 



After the crooks had been erected, first the row on the west side 

 and then the row on the east side, the chief priest took up one 

 of the iiponis, both of which had been lying on the floor of the kiva 

 near the banquette, and placed it at the northwest corner of the 

 mosaic, its base being slightly embedded in the outer white field. 

 The second tiponi was placed in a corresponding position on the 

 northeast corner of the mosaic. As both tiponis were practically 

 alike, the description of one will suffice. Its base was about ten 

 inches in length by about three in diameter, and cylindrical in shape. 

 It was wrapped with many coils of one-half-inch-wide buckskin 

 stained red. On the bottom of the base were two black lines, inter- 



