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After the sixth dance the Ko'yemshi and Ne'wekwe gather in the 

 northeast portion of the plaza, the latter havnng- laid aside their 

 batons. One Ne'wekwe beats a drum, while the others Inirlesque the 

 dancers who are now absent from the plaza. The scene becomes 

 hilarious when a Ne'wekwe ascends a ladder and, entering- a house, soon 

 emerges with a urinal filled to the brim, which he brings to the plaza 

 and passes to his three fellows, each one drinking from* the bowl.^' 

 When the vessel is empty he places it, inverted, over his head, and a 

 fellow hastens to lick the drops which fall from the bowl to the ground. 

 The man with the urinal finall}" falls to the ground and smashes the 

 bowl. The four Ne'wekwe play at being intoxicated from the draft, 

 their antics exceeding anything before observed by the writer. They 

 come nearer falling to the ground without so doing than could be 

 imagined. One man, tumbling into the arms of another, exclaims: 

 "Father, wh}^ am I crazy? " One of the four is a peerless harlequin. 

 The}' hokl a regular drunken dance, throwing their arms up, and 

 with the Ko'yemshi sing to the accompaniment of the drum. A 

 man falling from a ladder, a rung having slipped out, "causes great 

 merriment. 



At 4.30 the Kor'kokshi come to the plaza for the seventh time, 

 when the innovation occurs of forming into file facing west and dancing 

 a moment before forming in line facing north. The leader of the 

 dancers now stands west of them instead of east. After the dance, 

 which does not close until the shadows of evening are falling, the 

 Kor'kokshi leave the plaza by the western street. 



Although a boy at voluntary initiation into the fraternity of the 

 Ko'tikili joins the ki'wi*sine to which his godfather belongs (see page 

 65), it sometimes, though seldom, occurs that a man from choice leaves 

 his ki'wi'sine to become associated with another. In such case he may 

 return at an}' time to the one of his boyhood. Also, when improper 

 conduct is observed between a man and the wife of one of his fellow- 

 members, the offender is expelled, whereupon he seeks admittance into 

 one of the other ki'wi*siwe. Sometimes, however, the efforts of mem- 

 bers to expel an objectionable person are futile. For example, the 

 director qf a certain ki'wi*sine discovered that undue intimacy existed 

 between one of his fellow-members and his wife, and, after denouncing 

 the man, he left the wife's house never to return. A meeting of the 

 members of the ki'wi^sine was held, and not only the director but the 

 Ko'mosona (director-general of ki'wi^siwe), he being also a member of 

 this ki'wi'sine, demanded the dismissal of the guilty man. But their 

 demands were overruled, whereupon the Ko'mosona, the director of the 

 ki'wi*sine, and three others left and became members of the Chu'pawa. 



a The Ne'wekwe are the only Zufiis who eat and drink fllth. It is the aim of each member of this 

 fraternity to outdo the others in everything disgusting. 



