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corn pollen on the floor, which is embellished with his et'tone and other 

 fetishes, inchiding- the nii'wachi of himself and associates. The jug' of 

 water, which is also placed by the painting, is afterward emptied into 

 a medicine bowl and drunk on the closino- night of the ceremonies by 

 those present, it being the privilege of the families of the shi'wanni and 

 his associates, including the youngest children, to gather in the chamber 

 on that night. The party in retreat rareh' speak, and they sing but 

 little until the last night, when they invoke the presence of the u'wan- 

 nami. They sit most of the time perfectly quiet, giving their thoughts 

 to their desired object, that the u'wannami may water the earth. 

 Their prayers go from their hearts to the Sun Father and the u'wan- 

 nami without spoken words. Should the Shi'wano"kia be nourishing 

 an infant, the child is brought into the ceremonial chamber by a female 

 relative and handed to the mother in perfect silence, who, after feeding 

 the child, returns it in silence to the bearer, who leaves the chaml)er 

 without a word. The thoughts of the A'shiwanni at this time must not 

 be given to earthly things. The pe'kwin visits the Kia'kwemosi dur- 

 ing his retreat, as he does all the others of the tirst l)ody of A'shiwanni 

 during their retirement. 



On the eighth day the A'shiwanni of the West, South, East, Zenith, 

 Nadir, and the elder and younger brother Bow priests, join the Kia'- 

 kwemosi and his associates who are in retreat, and prepare te'likinawe 

 in the ceremonial chamber of the Kia'kwemosi. The Ko'mosona and 

 Ko'pekwin with their Ko'pi'Miishiwanni, six men to act as Sha'liiko" 

 and their alternates (each of the six men who i)re to personate the 

 Sha'lako and each of the alternates has two associates present, whose 

 duties are to prepare the masks and paraphernalia of the Sha'lako), 

 the personator of Shu'laa\vi^'*i, a man designated as his father 

 (whose dut}^ it is to prepare the mask and attend to the general adorn- 

 ment of the person of the Shu'laawi*si), Sa'yatasha, first Yii'muhakto, 

 Hu'tutu, second Yil'muhakto, and ten men who prepare the masks and 

 dress of the last four mentioned (see page 33) gather in the chamber 

 adjoining the Mu'ho'wa ki'wi'sine, the one to which the Ko'mosona is 

 allied, for the purpose of preparing te'likinawe. Each person present 

 makes four to the Council of the Gods, and each one who is to person- 

 ate a god in the Sha'lako festival the coming autumn makes four 

 additional oft'erings to the god he is to represent. The te'likinawe 

 must be completed by noon and deposited in basket trays. 



The personators of the ten Ko'yemshi (see page 33) are busy at the 

 same time in a house chosen by the A'wan til'V'hu (Great Father) 

 Ko'yemshi making their plume offerings; but one other besides the 

 Ko'yemshi is present, he being a man who labors for them. P'ach one 

 makes four te'likinawe to the Ko'yemshi and four to the Council of 



a See Annual festival of the Sha'lako, p. 227. 



