94 SUMMER CEREMONIALS 
pueblos which are christianized. The summer dances are 
exceptionally interesting and present most valuahle exam- 
ples of Zuni religious practices. 
Three kinds of dances were observed by me in the sum- 
mer months. Of the first kind, called the Kov-kok-shi, 
there were several. There was a single tablet dance, the 
Hay-a-ma-sJie-que, and several corn dances called the Kla- 
hey-wey. One of these latter, known as the Ham-po-ney 
or 0-to-nar-wey , which is celebrated after long intervals of 
time, has rarely been witnessed by white men, and as far 
as I know has never been described. 
The above mentioned sacred dances are only incident- 
ally times of merriment, but are occasions of earnest cere- 
monials, and have a profoundly tenacious hold upon the 
people. They are eminently sacred in character and well 
illustrate the ceremonial observances of this kind. 
DU-ME-CHIM-CHE. 
This ceremonial precedes the first of the rain dances 
and is celebrated just before the first Koi'-kok-sJii. 
The ten priests, who will later be described as the Koy- 
e-a-ma-s,lii , form in line each with his hands on the hips of 
the one in front of him. The leader carries his hands on 
his knees. The line assumes a slightly stooping posture 
and chanting in a monotcmous way the words Du-me-cldm- 
che, Du-me-cldm-che, d-d-d, slowly trots along around the 
pueblo, under the projecting roof of the first story. The 
course of this strange procession lies through the numer- 
ous lanes, around the open plazas and the outer row of 
houses of the town. 
The participants are naked, without the characteristic 
mud masks, their hair hanging down their backs. They 
wear a sinsfle coarse cloth about their waists. 
As this strange i)rocession makes its way about the town 
