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whence the peo])le came. xA.s the people ascended from these 

 chambers, thev svmbohzed their emergence from the innermost world 



Fig. 7^. — Juan (jonzalcs, associate rain 

 priest, and present governor of San Ilde- 

 fonso. Photograph by Mrs. Stevenson. 



into this world ; and, although most of the kivas, or Hopi ceremonial 

 chambers, at the present time, are above ground or partially so, they 



