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lirst male attire she had worn since she had adopted wonjan's dress 

 3'ears ago. The rest of her dress was fenial(\ Th(> body was dressed 

 in the finest clothing-; six shawls of foreign inanufactui(\ gifts from 

 Washington friends, besides her native blanket wraps, and a white 

 Hopi Idanket bordered in red and blue, were wrapped aronnd 1km-. 

 The hair was done up with the greatest care. Three silver necklaces, 

 with turquoise earrings attached and numerous bangles. (•f)nstituted 

 the jewels. 



We'wha's death was regarded as a calamity, and the remains lay in 

 state for an hour or more, during which time not only members of the 

 clans to which she was allied, but the rain priests and theurgists and 

 many others, including children, viewed them. When the blanket 

 was finall.y closed, a fresh outburst of grief was heard, and then all 

 endeavored to suppress their sobs, for the aged foster mother had 

 fallen unconscious to the Hoor. The two brothers carried the remains 

 unattended to the grave. The sisters made food offerings to the liie. 

 The foster brother on his return prepared prayer plumes for each 

 member of the immediate family, and also the writer. The littl(> pro- 

 cession, including the foster mother, who had recovered sutiicientiv 

 to accompany the others, then made its way to the west of the vil- 

 lage and on the river bank deposited the clothing, mask, and prayer 

 plumes in the manner heretofore described. Upon the return to the 

 house the foster mother had the rest of We'wha's possessions brought 

 together that they might be destroyed. All her cherished gifts from 

 Washington friends, including many photographs, were l)rought out: 

 all must he destroyed. This work was performed by the mother, who 

 wept continualh". AH was sacriticed but pictures of Mr and Mrs 

 Carlisle, Mr Stevenson, and the writer. These were left in their 

 frames on the wall. With another outbuist of grief the old woman 

 declared thej^ must remain, saying: *" We'wha will have so nuicli with 

 her. I can not part with these. I must keep the faces of those who 

 loved We'wha and whom she loved l)est. I must keep them to look 

 upon.'- 



The death of Nai'uchi, rain priest of the Nadir, and foi- many years 

 elder brother Bow priest, occurred during the writer's visit toZuni in 

 1904. She saw Nai'uchi but once after her arrival, still in i)ossession 

 of the bright mind that would have marked him as a superior man in 

 any communit\\ When the writer called upon Nai'uchi at his request 

 two days previous to his death, which occurred June l'»;. l!»()4, the old 

 man held her hand while he begged her to remain with him: "• I have 

 waited and waited for you: you will not leave me; yon will icmain by 

 me." These were the last sentences uttered by Nai'uchi. Two theur- 

 gists of the Little Fire fraternity, one a woman, sat by the pallet 

 watching the patient with the keenest anxiety. Children, grandchildren, 

 and others dear to Nai'uchi were near him. The writer had not been 



