NO. 30 SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, IQI2 Sy, 
conducted. Space will not permit a detailed account of the cere- 
monies of this ancient ritual. 
There is perhaps not a man among the Tewa who can boast of 
having taken a scalp, but the bow priesthood, or fraternity of war- 
riors, survives, since this organization has important duties to per- 
form aside from going to battle and taking scalps. One of these 
is to conduct the celebration of the feast of the harvest which occurs 
only when the people are blessed with bountiful crops, for the cere- 
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Fic. 38.—Prayer-sticks used in the shrine on Mt. Tsi’komo. 
mony is a rejoicing over the harvest of plenty. The dance on this 
occasion is called the “ throwing out.” Gifts are thrown in great 
profusion by the dancers to the populace as evidence of the prosperity 
of the people. 
Another purely aboriginal dance of the Tewa is a dramatic repre- 
sentation of the huntsmen returning with game, and 1s called the 
buffalo dance. It includes extremely attractive impersonations of 
buffalo, deer, and antelope. The costumes are most elaborate. This 
feast usually occurs on the twenty-third of January, but occasionally 
it is omitted, as was the case in the present year 
