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and a half in diameter, while Choshnimtiwa carried a large earthen- 

 ware water bottle similar to the one already described. Both of these 

 vessels had been punctured near the center, and the two priests now 

 fitted to these apertures corn-cob stoppers. In the meantime two of 

 the small boys had extended the sand field where now Luke inverted 

 his bowl on the sand field in front of the wooden box, while Chosh- 

 nimtiwa placed the water bowl in front of another similar snake recep- 

 tacle. The other priests continuing smoking in the circle as before 

 and apparently taking no notice of what was going on, Luke now 

 stepped around behind the snake box, passing as he did so in a sinis- 

 tral circuit behind the snake whips, and began feeling over the snake 

 bags which had been there deposited on their return from the hunt on 

 the preceding da}'. Choshnimtiwa now removed the stopper from the 

 big jar, while Luke, selecting one of the largest of the bags, removed 

 a string from about the neck and laying it flat on the floor gently 

 shook it by taking hold of it close to the corners. A fairly large- 

 sized rattlesnake glided out from the open mouth, and Choshnimtiwa 

 with an extremely rapid motion seized the snake about three inches 

 behind its head and thrust it, head forward, into the hole of the jar, and 

 so forced its entire body in, passing one hand back behind the other. 

 He then placed his hand over the hole while Luke began examining 

 the other bags, apparently looking for other rattlesnakes. Another 

 one was finally located and it was transferred as has just been 

 described, whereupon, it being discovered upon examination that 

 there were no additional rattlesnakes, Choshnimtiwa placed the corn- 

 cob stopper in the hole. Luke then opened two other bags in suc- 

 cession and from each of them a great bull-snake glided out, when 

 Choshnimtiwa picked it up in the same manner that he had picked up 

 the rattlesnake, and removing the stopper from the water jar, thrust 

 them in one after the other, head first. Choshnimtiwa then took a 

 sprig of kiina (Artemisia Frigida), which he found lying at the rear of 

 the kiva, and coming to the front of the kiva, filled his mouth with 

 water, when he ascended the ladder and facing the east spurted water 

 in his hands and washed them. 



As we were leaving for breakfast, at a quarter past eight, we 

 noticed in descending the trail Shakhungwa at the foot of the mesa 

 on the east side where he sat down, deposited a nakwakwosi upon 

 which he sprinkled meal toward the village and went on to his field, 

 as near as could be ascertained. 



No ceremonies were enacted in either the Snake or Antelope 

 kivas during the remainder of this day. Both kivas were visited, how- 

 ever, from time to time. In the Antelope kiva Polihungwa, Sikangpu 



