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the circle four times. He then went back and forth once more, this 

 time touching each member on the head with his snake whip. The 

 priests now ate heartily of the feast which had been brought into the 

 kiva at the conclusion of the meal. The snake natsi was brought 

 into the kiva at about seven o'clock. 



The Antelope men, after having returned to the kiva from the 

 plaza, at once began to disrobe, wash the paint from their bodies, 

 roll up their costumes, returning parts of the costume that had been 

 borrowed, and then smoked, chatted and last but not least, partook 

 of a hearty supper which had been provided for them by their families 

 and relatives. 



The Four Days Akter the Ceremony: Nyoliwa (Wranglinc;). 



The performances on the four days succeeding the nine cere- 

 monial days are called nyoliwa (wrangling). 



The four days are not ceremonial days, strictly speaking, but 

 rather days of pleasure, frolic and fun, especially for the young people 

 of the village. These four days have not been especially observed 

 on the occasions of this Snake ceremony, but they are, so far as has 

 been observed, essentially the same in all cases where they take place 

 in connection with a ceremony. 



The festivities following ceremonies that occur in the summer and 

 fall, when the crops are still unharvested, are, at least partly trans- 

 ferred to the fields. 



On the first day the performances usually take place near and in 

 the village. The young people and children congregate in various 

 places. The young men and boys hold out presents, which the women 

 and girls try to take away from them, chasing the holders of the 

 presents around the village, through the streets, over the house-tops, 

 etc.. and wrangling with them when they get hold of them. The 

 presents consist of corn, melons and otlier objects of food, pieces of 

 calico, baskets, small coins, silver buttons, etc. In order to make it 

 more difficult for the pursuers to capture them, the men often divest 

 themselves of their shirts, and even of all their garments, with the 

 exception of the breech-cloth. When this is not done, their clothes 

 are often torn to shreds. These wranglings take place principally in 

 the morning and in the evening, but are carried on with more or less 

 vigor throughout the day. (See PI. CXLVII.) 



During the Snake ceremony, while the corn is in the fields and 

 the water and musk-melons have begun to mature, the scene of action 

 is soon transferred to the fields, where the wranglings alternate with 



