98 SUMMER CEREMONIALS 
Scliu-la-xml-zer who carries a fire-brancF made of cedar 
bark ignited at one end. He wears a rounded helmet and 
a quiver with arrows, and his body is spotted with polka 
dots of different colors. He is a God of Fire and in one 
of the dances performs interesting ceremonials in connec- 
tion with it. The fire of his wand is said to be kindled 
in a primitive fashion, and he is said to burn everything 
which comes in his path. 
KO-KO-A-WE E-LE Y . 
The leader of the dancers is a priest clad in an old fash- 
ioned Zuiii costume with face elaborately painted. He 
carries a beautiful feather wand in one hand and a jar of 
sacred meal in the other. He sprinkles the sacred meal 
alonjr the line of the dancers and faces so as to look down 
the line of Ko-kos as the dance progresses. Hanging over 
his shoulders he wears a string of empty turtle shells. 
The director of the dance who begins the dancing and 
the singing is clothed like the other Ko-ko and has a posi- 
tion midway in the line. 
KOY-E-A-MA-SHI. 
These personages are ten in number and while they 
sometimes follow the dancers do not take part in the danc- 
ing. From their making fun of the various events in the 
dance they may be called the " clowns" and the curious 
masks which they wear give them naturally the name of 
"mud-heads." 
The mud-heads are naked with the exception of a coarse 
cloth about the loins. Their bodies are daubed with mud 
so that they are about the same color as the houses by 
which they are surrounded. Around their necks they 
1 The Ziini name op si-ne has beeu given me as that of the iire-braad of the 
Schu la-witzer. 
