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Kansas Academy of Science. 



SUN-GOD SECTION. 

 In one of the estufas at Jemez, N. M. 



1. Clouds, the steps to heaven. 



2. The bolt lightining that does not strike the earth. 



3. The bolt lightning that strikes the earth. It is the red snake or Indian devil, called 

 Savah by them. 



4. The flash lightning, the god of flowers. 



5. The good snake, the blue snake, the god of rain. 



6. The sun, the father of the universe, and the god of all things. By the Indians he is 

 called Patahgatziah or Pay. 



( Printed in the proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science for 1903.) 



At sunrise the next morning twelve chanters and a drummer en- 

 tered the plaza from the south estufa, and began to sing and lift 

 their hands towards the heavens as if in supplication. It was the 

 beginning of the bow-and-arrow dance. Soon the dancers, two in 

 number, a man and a woman, descended the ladder of the estufa 

 backwards. Both had their faces, arms and all exposed parts of 

 their bodies painted or daubed in red war paint. The woman, a 

 virgin, let her hair hang loosely over her shoulders; her dress was 

 of heavy black cloth, embroidered in shells, in silver badges, and 

 in stones precious to the Indians. Her feet were bare. From her 

 neck at the front suspended many strings of shell and turquoise 

 beads. From the top of her head to the bottom of her dress at 

 the back she wore a feathered cord. In her right hand she carried 

 a bow and some arrows; in her left, a tomahawk. The man had his 

 hair bedecked with feathers. He wore coat, leggings, and mocca- 



