28o Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. III. 



It was now about a quarter past seven o'clock. Molcahtiwa, who 

 acted as pipmongwi (tobacco priest or chief) lit a pipe at the fireplace, 

 smoked a few puffs, and then handed the pipe to Tob^ngotiwa, who 

 smoked a while, handing the pipe to Macangontiwa, he to Ctikaoma, 

 he to Yukioma, and he to Mokahtiwa, who cleaned it and laid it on 

 the floor. While the men smoked, they exchanged, as usual, terms 

 of relationship as follows: 



Tobengotiwa to MoKahtiwa: ttii (my child), Mokahtiwa answer- 

 ing: inaa (my father); Macangontiwa to Tobengotiwa: Itopko (my 

 younger brother), answer by Tobengotiwa : Iwdwa (my elder brother) ; 

 C6kaoma to Macangontiwa: inaa (my father), answer: Itii (my child) ; 

 Yukioma to Ctikaoma: ttii, answer: fnaa; Sihongwa to Yukioma: 

 Itahaa (my uncle — mother's side), answer: Itiwayaa (my nephew); 

 Kiwanhoya to Sihongwa: inaa, answer: itii; Molcahtiwa to Kiwanhoya: 

 ikwaa (my grandfather), answer: inii (my grandchild). 



After the smoking, all put some corn-meal on the tray from all 

 directions, Macangotiwa also "washing," as it were, his hands in corn- 

 meal. Tobengotiwa thereupon took some honey into his mouth, 

 whistled, with a whistle made of an eagle wing bone, five times 

 towards the tray, rubbed and "washed" his hands also in corn-meal, 

 and then handed the tray to Macangontiwa. The latter held the tray 

 with both hands in front of himself, uttered a short prayer, and handed 

 it back to Tobengotiwa, who uttered a long prayer over it, and again 

 handed it back to Macangontiwa, who now also uttered, in a low, mur- 

 muring tone, a long prayer over it. The tray was then handed to 

 Ctikaoma, who uttered a short prayer over it, and returned it to 

 Macangontiwa, who placed it on the floor, sprinkling a little sacred 

 meal on it. Each of the others then uttered a short prayer. While 

 one prayed the one who was to follow sprinkled sacred corn-meal on 

 the tray. Molcahtiwa then again lit the pipe and all smoked as before, 

 after which all took a little honey into their mouths, spat it into their 

 hands and around themselves, rubbing their bodies with their hands. 

 Macangontiwa hereupon laid one of his and one of Tobengotiwa's 

 bahos on the small tray containing the corn-meal, and left the house 

 to take them to the house of his brothers-in-law. The latter is the 

 chadkmongwi (crier chief), whose duty it is to announce religious 

 ceremonies about to be celebrated. Tobengotiwa handed all the other 

 offerings from the tray to the following men, who were to deposit them 

 at the places mentioned in connection with their names: Those from 

 the north side on the tray, to Ctikaoma, to deposit them at Achamali, 

 a shrine, situated about a quarter of a mile north of the village. Those 

 from the west side on the tray to deposit them at Linva (Flute 



