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value there. The elder and younger brother Bow priests gave me to 

 women to pay them for granting- their evil desires, so 1 came awaj-. 

 After I left, A'ne *hlawi (a certain bird) 'shot' small stones from his 

 mouth upon the elder and younger brother Bow priests and the women 

 as the}' entered my home, and another bird caused a rock to fall and 

 cover the entrance, leaving but a crevice through which thin sheets of 

 he'we (a wafer-like bread) and a tiny jug of water were passed to them. 

 In four days they all died. When the rock was removed from the 

 entrance of the house it was discovered that they had become large 

 rattlesnakes. These snakes were short, and their bodies were thick." 

 Ma'we declared: ''I also am too near m}- people to be of value; 

 I will go far away." The Gods of War, hearing the remarks of 

 Ma'we, said: "Mother, if you go far away you will be of nuich greater 

 value, and we will go with you." Together with *Hli'akwa, the Gods 

 of War and Ma'we left 'Kia'nanaknana. 



Before leaving the black rocks Ma'we saw a youth, who in answer 

 to an inquiry said ho was of the Til'kiakwe (Frog clan). '• Well," said 

 she, "in four years I wish your people to come here and put my house 

 in good order." Since that time the people of the Frog clan have 

 taken great care of this spring. 



*Kia'nanaknana is sacred to the A'shiwanni. The basin formed l)y 

 the spring is about 15 by 20 feet. Terraced ledges extend around it 

 beneath the surface of the water. It could not be learned whether 

 these ledges were produced by deposits from the spring or were 

 artiticial. 



This spring is cleaned after the installation of a new pe'kwin, and 

 at such other times as may be deemed necessary, by members of the 

 Frog clan and their immediate families, by order of the pe'kwin. 

 He commands: "In eight days the water shall be removed from 

 *Kia'nanaknana and the spring shall be well cleaned. Bowls nmst 

 be made for dipping the water."" On the eighth day after this 

 announcement the pe'kwin awaits a short distance from tlie village the 

 coming of those designated to clean the spring. The men are dressed 

 in cotton trousers and shirts. European dress, so much in vogue at 

 the present time, even in ceremonials, nuist not be worn on this occa- 

 sion. The women wear their ordinary dress, their best moccasins, 

 many necklaces, and white cotton blanket wraps bordered in blue and 

 red. Each person carries a ])owl with four la'showawe (one or more 

 plumes attached to cotton cord) and four te'likinawe wrapped in corn 

 husks. The la'showawe arc carried in the bowls. All these plumes 

 were prepared by the fathers or brothers of the women who are 

 present. The la'showawe are ollered to the deceased A'shiwanni, and 

 the te'likinawe to the u'wannami, of the four regions. 



« female members of the Frog clan and women closely related in consanguinity make the bowls, 

 which have four small openings equidistant, near the rim. 



