996 TUSAYAN FLUTE AND SNAKE CEREMONIES (ETH. ANN. 19 
of which pueblo is little known. These altars are erected in August 
of every odd year, and figures or descriptions of them would complete 
our knowledge of Hopi Flute altars. 
Pusuic FLture CkREMONY 
The public dance of the Flute priests at Mishongnoyi in 1896 
occurred on August 15th, at about 5 p. m., and closely resembled that 
of Shipaulovi and Walpi. The preliminary exercises of that day at 
Toreva spring, which took place just before the march to the pueblo, 
were not witnessed, but the procession was followed from the time it 
reached the first terrace of the mesa below the pueblo until it entered 
the plaza. Asa detailed account of the ceremonies at Toreva spring 
has been given in a description of the Shipauloyi Flute dance, it will 
not be necessary to repeat it here. 
After the preliminary exercises at the spring a procession was 
formed which marched to the mesa top along the trail into the pueblo. 
*This procession was aligned in two platoons about thirty feet apart, 
one called the Cakwalenya, the other the Macilenya. The personnel 
of these platoons was as follows: 
PERSONNEL OF CAKWALENYA SOCIETY. 
The Cakwalenya society formed the first platoon and was composed 
of the following personages: 
1. The chief. 
2. A Flute boy. 
3. Two Flute girls. 
4. A man wearing a moisture tablet on his back. 
5. Four men with white blankets. 
The members of this division were arranged as follows: In advance 
of the procession walked the chief, and directly behind him was the 
Flute boy with a Flute girl on each side. The remaining members of 
the division formed the body of the platoon, flanked by the man with 
the moisture tablet on his back and a small boy with the Flute stand- 
ard at his left (plate Lviz). 
PERSONNEL OF MACILENYA SOCIETY. 
The Macilefiya priests formed the second platoon, which consisted 
of the following persons: 
1. The chief. 
2. Flute boy. 
3. Two Flute girls. 
4. A man with the sun emblem on his back. 
5. Men with cornstalks. 
6. Five men with white blankets. 
7. A naked boy with Flute standard. 
8. A warrior. 
