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ki'vvi^sine,'* the pe'kwin havintr previously made a cloud symbol of 

 meal ou the floor, extending a line of meal eastward from the symbol. 

 Later he forms four concentric circles of meal, on which he places 

 a medicine bowl, after which he arranges the mi'wachi of the A'shi- 



I a 3 4- 5 6 7 8 9 lo II 12. 



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Fig. 6 — Diagram of the 'Hla'hewe ceremony in the ki'wi'siue: 1, Shi'\vaiio"kia; 2, younger brother 

 Bow priest; 3, Shi'wanni of the West; 4, Shi'wanni of the South; 5, Shi'wanni of tlie East; t>. 7, 'kla'-' 

 punak we (youth and maiden); 8, Kla'kwemosi; 9, associate Kla'kwemosi; 10 and 11, 'kla'punakwe 

 (youth and maiden); 12, pe'kwin (sun priest); 13, elder brother Bow priest; 14, mi'wachi; 1,5, 

 water jugs and vases of the 'kia'punakwe; 16, mi'Iaiilapona of 'Hhi'hewe side; 17, baskets of mi'laii- 

 lapona of «Hla'hewe side; 18, baskets of mi'Iaiilapona of Sho'ko'we side; 19, mi'Iaiilapona of Sho'- 

 ko'we side; 20, basket of corn and te'likinawe; 21, basket of corn of 'Hla'hewe side; 22, medicine 

 bowl; 23, basket of corn of 'Hla'hewe choir; 24, basket of corn of Sho'ko'we side; 25, prayer meal 

 basket; 26, baskets of corn; 27, blanket; 28, tire altar; 29, basket of corn of Sho'ko'we choir; 30, 

 drum of 'Hla'hewe choir; 31, directorsof 'Hla'hewe side; 32, 'Hla'hewe choir; 33, drum of Sho'ko'we 

 choir; 34, directors of Sho'ko'we side; 35, Sho'ko'we choir. 



wanni in line on the west side of the cloud symbol (see figure 6). The 

 preparations and ceremony in O'he'wa ki'wi'siue were as follows: 



The men assemble in the ki'wi'siue and prepare te'likinawe. After 

 eagle, turkey, and other plumes are attached to the upper ends of the 

 sticks, they are colored black. A diminutive crook (.symbolic of lon- 

 gevity), with la'showawe attached, is bound with cotton cord to each 



a Some years ago the ceremony here described occurred in the Mu'he'wa k'i'wi'sine owing to the 



O'he'wa being unfit for occupancy. . , 



