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be distributed among tlie hu'iiaaites of the several cult societies. It 

 may be one, two, or three days after the return of the hunters. At the 

 appointed time the lio'naaites assemble in the ceremonial house of the 

 ti'iimoni, who divides the game, each ho'naaite carrying his portion to 

 his <!eremonial chamber. About noon of the same day the members of 

 the cult societies assemble in their respective ceremonial chambers and 

 prepare ha'chamoni; at the same time, if the society has any female 

 members, they iilace the game in a pot and cook it in the fireplace in 

 the ceremonial chamber, but if there be no female members certain male 

 members are designated for this purpose. Toward evening the slat 

 altars are erected, and the night is spent in songs and supplications to 

 the cloud people to gather and water the earth. Hii'chamoni and the 

 game are deposited before sunrise at four shrines — to the cougar of the 

 north, the west, the south, and the east, that tliey will intercede for 

 the cloud peoxile to gather and water the earth. Ha'chamoni are 

 also deposited to the sun father that he will invoke the cloud people 

 to water the earth, and also that he will embrace the earth that the 

 crops may grow. Others are deposited in the fields as payment to the 

 cloud i)eople for the services requested of them. 



SOCIETY OF WARRIORS. 



The Society of Warriors and the Knife Society have a ceremonial 

 chamber in common; and in a certain sense tliese societies are closely 

 allied, the former having had originally as its presiding officers Ma'a- 

 sewe and U'yuuyew6, the twin children of the sun, the latter society 

 having derived its name from the arrows which were given by the sun 

 father to the invulnerable twins, and with which they destroyed the 

 enemies of the earth. Each of these societies, therefore, has a share 

 in the initiation of ii victor. 



The killing of an enemy is not suflicient to admit a man into the 

 Society of Warriors; he must return with such trophies as the scalp 

 and buckskiu apparel. The victor carries the scalp on an arrow until 

 he draws near to the village, when he transfers it to a pole some 5 feet 

 in length, the pole being held with both hands. The victor's approach 

 is heralded, and if it be after the sun has eaten his midday meal he 

 must not enter the village, but remain near it until morning, food being 

 carried to him by the war chief. In the morning the Society of the 

 Knife, followed by the Warriors and the male populace of the town, join 

 the victor. An extended prayer is offered by the ho'naaite of the Knife 

 Society, and then, addressing the spirit of the enemy, he says : "You are 

 now no longer our enemy ; your scalj) is here ; you will no more destroy my 

 people." The ho'naaite of the Warriors and his vicar respond, "So ! So ! " 

 The air is resonant the remainder of the day with the war song, there 

 being occasional intermissions for prayers ; and at sundown the ho'na- 

 aite of the Warri(trs and his vicar, with the victor, bearing the pole and 

 scalp between them, lead the way to the village, followeil by the mem- 

 bers of the society, and then the Knife Society, led by its ho'naaite and 



