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in his right. These te'likinawe are deposited in the springy, and the 

 jugs are filled with water. This couple returns the same evening, 

 though the spring is 15 miles from Zufii. Should thev become weary, 

 they sprinkle meal before them, with a prayer to the Council of the 

 Gods for strength of heart and limb. Upon their return from Ivia'- 

 nanaknana the men pass to the right of the ladder, and after descend- 

 ing into the ki'wi'sine turn to the left and advance to the director of the 

 Great Fire fraternity, who stands by the meal painting. After receiv- 

 ing the jugs, the director stoops and empties the water into his modi- 

 cine bowl with the prayer: ''Ho'mo a'ta'chu u'wannam-a'shiwanni 

 yam *kia'shima yam to'shonanne yiim *hli'towe yam wil'lolonanne yam 

 ku'lulunanne yam*hlash'shiakia (My fathers, rain priests, rain- 

 makers, give to us water, seeds, rains, and lightning. Let us have 

 thunder. Let us be white-haired with age)." The unexpressed 

 thought is that they may be made happy with the fruits of the earth 

 and live to old age, to sleep, not die, and awake in Ko'thluwala'wa (the 

 abiding place of the Council of the Gods; see plate iv). The two 

 members of the Great Fire fraternity take their seats with their 

 fraternity. The Ko'mosona receives the jug brought b}^ the others and 

 pours the water into his medicine bowl with a prayer similar to that 

 offered by the director of the Great Fire f raternit3\ 



On the fourteenth da}' the first body of A'shiwanni, the Ko'mosona, 

 and the Ko'pekwin consult together in the He'iwa ki'wi*sine as to who 

 shall personate certain gods and who shall entertain the Council of the 

 Gods and Sha'lako in the coming autumn. This privilege is asked by 

 such men of the village as desire to build new homes or renovate old 

 ones, those having good hearts and being fitted to fill the positions 

 receiving much consideration; the decision is made by the elder 

 brother Bow priest. There are alwaj's eight new houses to be blessed 

 by the gods. 



A meal painting, quite different in character from the one sj-mbolic 

 of clouds seen on the fourth day, is made by the Ko'pekwin before 

 sunset on the fourteenth day. The former painting is the propertv 

 of the Gods of War, and must never appear except in connection 

 with them. The latter is used in reference to the Kok'ko. The cloud 

 symbols of the other fraternities are different from cither of those 

 mentioned. A large fire burns on the tire altar day and night during 

 the fourteenth day. 



The Sa'ya*hlia masks (see plate xvi) that were deposited by the 

 meal painting are soon removed and worn by the pcrsonators of these 

 gods, who appear as warriors for a short time in the streets of the 

 village and then return to the ki'wi'sine. They and the personators 

 of Shits'ukia and Kwe'lele (two gods from Shi'papolima") wear their 



a See Esoteric fraternities. 

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