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the Sha'liiko follows next, carryino- a quantity of te'likinawe; and after 

 him comes the Sha'liiko. Thirty or more members of the ki'wi'sine to 

 which the personator of the Sha'liiko belongs follow later, singing, the 

 four Sha'liiko wor'we (managers) being foremost in the group. As the 

 Sha'lako passes through the village those on the house tops throw meal 

 upon the effigy, while both sober and intoxicated men crowd forward 

 to sprinkle the gods with meal. The procession crosses the river to 

 the south bank. 



After the first Sha'lako crosses the river with his retinue, another 

 follows, attended in like manner l)y the order of Pa'yatanui belonging 

 to the Pe'shii'^silo'kwe (Cimex) fraternity. The other Sha'lako are 



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Fig. S— (I, ]iLTSviiialors of Sha'Jiikd with effigies; b, alternates of the Sha'lakci; .1, B, C, D, E, F, groups 

 from the ki'wi'siwe: d, Ko'mosona, Ko'pekwin, and two Ko'pi''lashiwaiini; c, first body of A'shi- 

 wanni;/, Sha'lako managers; 1, 2, square excavations in which the Council of the Gods deposit 

 te'likinawe: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, square excavations in which the Sha'liiko deposit 

 te'likinawe. The ki'\vi«siwe« are paired as elder and youngei brother, and the excavations are 

 visited in the following order; A, People of the He'iwa ki'wi'.sine; B, people of the Mu'he'wa 

 ki'wi'sine; C, people of the Chu'pawa ki'wi'sinC; D, people of the O'hc'wa ki'wi'sinC; E, people 

 of the Up''sannawa ki'wi'sinO; F, people of the Ile'kiapawa ki'wi'sine; 3, 4, excavation for the 

 Sha'liiko of He'iwa ki'wi'sinc^ (elder); 9, 10, exciivation for the Sha'liiko of O'he'wa ki'wi'sini? 

 (younger); 5, G, e.\cavation for the Sha'liiko of Mu'lie'wa ki'wi'.sine (elder); 13, 14, excavation for 

 the Sha'liiko of He'kiapawa ki'wi'sinC* (younger); 7, 8, excavation for the Sha'liiko of Chu'pawa 

 ki'wi'sing (elder); 11, 12, excavation for the Sha'liiko of Up"sannawa ki'wi'sinO (younger). 



attended in the same waj^ except that they have no order of Pa'ya- 

 tilmu to furnish music. The Sha'lako parties follow each other in 

 clo.se succession. Plato lxi shows a Sha'liUvo on his way to the cere- 

 monial field.* Upon reaching the ceremonial ground above referred 

 to, the bearers of the effigies stoop on blanket rugs and face the vil- 

 lage, six blankets having been spread for the purpose in line from east 



"The ki'wi'siwe are relegated to the six regions, as follows: He'iwa (North), Jfu'hc'wa (West), 

 Chu'pawa (South), O'he'wa (East), Up''sannawa (Zenith), He'kiapawa (Nadir). 



6 Formerly, temporary bridges of stones and earth were constructed, but in IWUi the bridge built for 

 the use of the writer became the way of cro.ssing the river, not only l\>r the people at large but for the 

 per.sonators of the gods until carried away by a freshet. 



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