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ing to sing do not know them, or at least only partly. There seems 

 to be no doubt about these songs being old, and important, and one 

 of the reasons for the delay in publishing this paper has been the hope 

 that I might succeed in. obtaining those songs, which hope, however, 

 has thus far not been realized. 



When the singing has lasted about twenty minutes, the sprinkler 

 lights the dmawtapi (cloud producer), a large cone-shaped pipe, which 

 he has filled and laid down near the fireplace beforehand. After he 

 has lit it, he kneels at the south edge of the altar, reverses the cloud 

 producer, taking the large end between his lips, and then blows large 

 volumes of smoke over the altar and into the medicine bowl. As soon 

 as he has replaced the pipe, the pipelighter again lights three cigar- 

 ettes, one after the other, which he distributes, and which are smoked 

 in the same manner as the three before. The singing, however, is not 

 interrupted by the smoking, which is very unusual. 



The singing lasts about an hour; when it ceases all say "kwakwai!" 

 (thanks!) and the Snakes hand their whips to their chief, the Ante- 

 lopes laying the crooks and sticks on the floor. Of the latter, 

 Tobengotiwa places those on the west, Sihongwa those on the east side 

 into the pedestals, whereupon all silently wait for the third set of three 

 cigarettes, which are lit and distributed by the pipelighter. The Ante- 

 lope youth and maid, who, throughout the ceremony, have kept step 

 to the singingj constantly walking up and down behind the altar, now 

 faster, now slower, also silently wait, facing the altar. (See B, PI. 163.) 

 All smoke again as before, exchanging terms of relationship, such as 

 inaa (my father), itii (my child), iwawa (my elder brother), itopko (my 

 younger brother), etc. At the smokes during these singings I never 

 saw a pipe used, but only this corn-husk cigarette. After this smoke 

 the Snake priest takes from the Antelope youth the snake and replaces 

 it into the snake bag. The Antelope chief takes from him the tiponi 

 and corn-meal, goes to the kelehoyas and standing before them 

 waves the tiponi towards each of them, one after the other; first 

 towards the head, then towards the lower part of the face, then some- 

 what lower down, and lastly towards the heart,' saying to each one:, 

 Um woyomii Uh katci navokaonani (wiihtakwuwani (if male), wuhti- 

 haskiwuwani (if female), You long your life will preserve (keep) and 

 you will grow up (old men, old women). 



He then steps back to the north-east corner of the altar, waves the 

 tiponi diagonally across the sand mosaic along the long string or pdhu 

 (road) as far as he can reach. This he does four times. Then he 

 holds the tiponi in front of himself and then utters the following 



' On one occasion it seemed as if he aimed to wave towards the heart every time. 



