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and at once engaged in smoking, in which the two warriors, taking off 

 the moccasins from their feet, joined him. 



Later, usually at about four o'clock, the warriors again put on 

 their kilts, shoot the lightning frame, and circle around in the Snake 

 kiva, repeat the same outside at the Snake and the Antelope kiva, and 

 a second time outside of and also in the Snake kiva. The number of 

 times they go around the kivas varies between three and seven times, 

 but it is believed four times is the number intended. 



At about half-past three o'clock the rest of the men of both soci- 

 eties rise. The two warriors daub their bodies in the usual manner, 

 but this time rub considerable ctita on their faces. They put on their 

 snake kilts, buckskin-fringed belts, and also, I am told, their snake 

 head-dresses (tc6-nakwas), though my notes fail to state that. They 

 then repeat their procession, twirling of bullroarers, etc., around 

 both kivas and in the Snake kiva. 



All the Snake men now renew their body decoration^, as the 

 so-called Antelope race is about to begin. At about a quarter of five 

 o'clock in the morning the two warriors take a number of flat and 

 other bahos from the tray, and then repeat for the fourth time the 

 processions around the kiva, but instead of returning to the Snake 

 kiva they leave the mesa on the trail, leading south-eastward, which the 

 messenger had taken on the previous evening and on which, in case 

 he slept in the village, he has already preceded them to the starting- 

 place of the race, about to begin. At the different places where the 

 water carrier has deposited his bahos they deposit theirs, in the fol- 

 lowing manner:' After having turned the green baho of the water 

 carrier around, i.e., turned its facet toward the village, and having 

 pulled out the water carrier's chochokpi that stood south-east from the 

 green baho, with its face turned from the village, and thrust it into 

 the ground north-west of the green baho facing now towards the village, 

 the first warrior thrusts a flat baho into the ground between the green 

 baho and chochokpi; the second warrior a red warrior's baho at the 

 place where they have taken out the chochokpi. At the next place 

 they repeat the performance, only here, the second warrior puts down 

 the flat baho and the leader the red kalehtak (usually "tak") baho, 

 etc. As they go along they frequently turn their bullroarers. Other 

 men and boys who intend to participate in the race join, follow, 

 and pass them, going to the starting-place. Sometimes one or two 

 others of the Snake Fraternity have bullroarers, too, that they swing 



' It has already been stated in a previous footnote that some confusion exists concerning the 

 prayer offerings of the water carrier. But after sifting all the information obtained on 'the subject 

 from different men, it is believed that the disposition of the prayer offerings is supposed to be made, 

 and usually is made, in the manner given in the text. 



