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that he put it through his ear — for it is the custom of the Hopi to 

 have large holes through the lobes of the ears through which a string 

 may be passed, and in which they often wear silver rings or a short 

 strand of turquoise beads; but the ears of this boy had never been 

 pierced, consequently a string was tied around his neck and to this 

 was attached the nakwakwosi. 



Lomanakshu having concluded his distribution of nakwakwosis 

 to the priests, made his way to the Antelope kiva, where he sat down 

 in his accustomed place. While Polihungwa was staining red four of 

 the eight nakwakwosis which he had just finished making, old 

 Sikangpu obtained a tray and sat down to the right of Lomanakshu. 

 Polihungwa now placed the nakwakwosis upon this tray, whereupon 

 Sikangpu lighted a pipe with native tobacco, and after puffing it for 

 an instant passed it to Polihungwa, together with the tray of nakwak- 

 wosis. Four times he smoked over the prayer-offerings, and then 

 deposited the tray at his side, continuing smoking for some minutes. 

 He now handed the pipe to Lomanakshu, who took the tray up in his 

 hands and smoked upon the nakwakwosis five times. He deposited 

 it in front of him and continued smoking. Polihungwa now addressed 

 Lomanakshu at length. Lomanakshu answered '^Anc/iaa," and in 

 turn addressed Polihungwa. These speeches could not be recorded 

 at the time but were obtained from Polihungwa later. He claims 

 that he said in substance the following: "Taai uma pio angnan- 

 kwushani. Naniwok momgwit itamui okwatowak yokwani. Puu 

 uma tcuat hakam tutwani uma aonanawaknani puu yokwani. Pai 

 owi uma hahlaikahkango." (You must pray that the clouds from the 

 four world quarters have pity on us and rain for us. And if you find 

 a rattlesnake you must pray to him and it will rain. So you be joy- 

 ful. Well, you are going to start again.) To which Lomanakshu 

 replies: " Anchaa, uma hahlaikang itamui nuhtaita." (All right, 

 you joyfully (or gladly) wait for us.) Again Polihungwa made a 

 speech, and at its conclusion passed the eight nakwakwosis and the 

 piiJitavito Lomanakshu together with some sacred meal. Lomanakshu 

 arose, sprinkled meal on each of the two iiponis, and placing the 

 nakwakwosis and meal in a corner of his blanket, returned to the 

 Snake kiva, where he separated the painted from the unpainted nak- 

 wakwosis and placed them in two piles on a basket tray upon some 

 meal which Lomanakshu's brother, Nakwayeshwa, had just previously 

 brought in. Lomanakshu sat down between the fireplace and the 

 snake whips with his back to the rear of the kiva as usual, filled a 

 pipe with native tobacco, lighted it, took up the tray and smoked 

 over the nakwakwosis four times. Replacing the tray upon the floor 



