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on the hearth, the sticks for which had been prepared before the sing- 

 ing began. 



Fourth Song. Polihungwa now left the circle and turning around 

 faced the fire, where he lighted the larger cloud blower. After the pipe 

 had been well lighted he passed in a sinistral circuit to the rear of 

 the sand mosaic, where he stooped down over the falling rain symbols 

 and placing the large end of the pipe in his mouth forced great clouds 

 of smoke from the smaller end upon the symbols. He then squatted 

 down on the west side of the picture, then on the south, and then on 

 the east, forcing smoke upon the colored cloud symbols and then also 

 into the medicine bowl. By a curious coincidence, rain clouds had 

 been gathering in various directions overhead, and while they were 

 singing this song which related to the four colored clouds, and asking 

 them to bring rain, the patter of rain was distinctly heard outside on 

 the kiva hatchway. 



Polihungwa, having finished the ceremonial circuit and returning 

 to the fireplace, removed the ashes from the pipe upon a corn husk 

 and restored the pipe to the cotton bag and resumed his place in the 

 circle. Remaining seated for a moment, he arose, and, taking up a 

 tray, sprinkled corn pollen {talassi) upon the heads of the Snake youth 

 and the Antelope /nana. He now sprinkled pollen into the medicine 

 bowl and into each of the four mongwikurus, then on the north, upon each 

 cloud symbol and each lightning symbol on the sand mosaic, and then 

 up the hatchway, returning to his accustomed position. Naphoiniwa 

 again returned to the hearth and rekindled the fire, lighted a pipe with 

 a burning brand and smoked. Lomanakshu now left his place, tak- 

 ing up a handful of yellow pollen, and passing around to the rear 

 of the kiva by a sinistral circuit, he sprinkled first on the heads 

 of the Snake youth and the Antelope mana, then into the medicine 

 bowl and into each of the mongwikurus and then upward toward the 

 kiva hatchway. 



Fifth Song. Rather slow. Shakhungwa, who had commenced 

 smoking at the fireplace shortly before the previous song was ended, 

 continued to smoke during this song. The old blind man joined 

 heartily in this song. 



Sixth Song. The priest now retired from the circle and lighted 

 an ordinary pipe filled with native tobacco, blew the smoke on the 

 sand mosaic and four puffs into the medicine bowl and one puff each 

 into each of the inongwikurus. Naphoiniwa now retired to the side 

 of the hearfh, where he lighted a pipe and blew four puffs of smoke 

 into the medicine bowl and then handed the pipe to Lomanakshu, 

 who also smoked a few puffs on the medicine bowl and handed the 



