A.T ZUSi AND MOQUI PUEBLOS. 100 
well-known crcscentric figures, symbols of rain, 0-moit, 
were marked out with sacred meal.^ 
The offerings of water, brought by the boys, were then 
handed to the Uch-che, a man inside the bower, and hav- 
ing delivered the offerings the procession left the place. 
The man inside the bower, and a woman, buried the offer- 
ings in a little crypt in the floor of the bower under a flat 
stone. When I visited the place shortly after the cere- 
mony I found that the lodge of cotton-wood had been re- 
moved and the flat stone, covering the cavity in which the 
deposit had been made, was plastered i\\) with adobe. 
These simple ceremonies were all that I saw of the Ley- 
la-tuk in my short visit to Wol-pi. I was told that there 
was a connection between them and the so-called snake 
dance^ performed at about the same time in alternate years. 
While the speculative side of my subject is one which 
at the present state of my knowledge of pueblo life I have 
endeavored to avoid, there is one })r()minent idea which 
has forced itself on my attention in studying the summer 
ceremonials of the isolated pueblos which I visited. 
The character of the religious ceremonials in summer 
is more or less modified by the environment under the in- 
fluence of which these Indians live. I think there is much 
to show that the mythological and religious character of 
the Zuiiians can be directly traced to the physical and cli- 
matic conditions by which they are surrounded. As they 
are agricultural people the great desideratum at this time 
of the year is water for their crops. As a result, rain 
dances, Kor-kok-shi,^ are most prominent features. These 
1 In 1 more detailed description to be published later, I sliall give an account of 
how these rain figures were made by the priest, and the offerings which were thrown 
into them by the women and hoys. 
2 It is desirable tliat, at the next celebration ol this weird ceremonial, syste- 
matic efforts be made to bring to liglit the true meaning of the ceremony. 
' Literally, good dances. 
