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 play their pranks as in the 

 Kor-kok-slii and a great 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-toish-ley or the "Old Scold" 

 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 hangs from thongs 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-toish-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-tash-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 influences personified in the Old Scold. 



KLAR-HEY-WEY. 



This is a woman's dance celebrated in a private house by 

 eight 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-wey 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- 



