102 SUMMER CEREMONIALS 
a rasping noise made by rubbing two sticks together one 
of which is notched and placed on an inverted empty 
gourd. The Koy-e-a-ma-shi phiy their pranks as in the 
Ko7'-kok-sId and a o^reat feast is held in the estufa at about 
noon. 
Of all the personages who appear in this dance one of 
the most interesting is the Ar-toisJi-ley or the "OKI Scokl" 
who goes about the pueblo scolding every one whom she 
meets, declaring she will eat the children and kill the peo- 
ple. This woman wears a mask with face covered with 
spots. Her long gray hair falls down over her shoulders. 
She wears a black blanket with an old-fashioned wicker 
basket on her back. In her hand she carries a cane with 
a curved handle from which han2:s from thono's a cluster 
of small hoofs which make a rattle as she emphasizes her 
scolding by bringing the cane down on the ground. Her 
legs are painted with round spots of variegated colors. 
Around her ankles are sprigs of green and her feet are 
bare. Many circumstances lead me to conclude that the 
Ar-lohh-ley represents an old woman cactus picker, and 
theoretically I have supposed that she represents the olden 
times before the advent of the corn personified by the 
Meat-ta-tasli-a. It is not impossible that we have here a 
dramatization of an historical event or an allegorical repre- 
sentation of the ripening of the corn in spite of adverse 
or evil inlluences personified in the Old Scold. 
KLAR-HEY-WEY. 
This is a woman's dance celebrated in a [)rivate house by 
eiijht women and one man, and as it is a dance in which corn 
is carried in the hand, may very appropriately be called 
a corn dance. I have seen the Klar-hey-wei) on several 
occasions and every time it has on the whole the same 
general characters as follows : 
On entering the room where the ceremony was per- 
