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prayers. In'noeita, the stepdaughter, gathered together the hrlongings 

 of the old priest into two l)undles, wliich were deposited on the roof 

 for the night; on the following morning Nina carried one and In'nooita 

 the other, both having their prayer plumes, to the burial place. The 

 associate rain priests, including Ila'lian, and the writer carried their 

 plumes. Hii'liau dug an excavation sufficiently large to bury the arti- 

 cles. A smaller excavation was made for the prayer plumes and tli(> 

 war pouch. All prayed and sprinkled meal over the plumes, and the 

 party returned to the village. 



No mask was ))uried, as Nai'uchi had never worn his mask or danceil 

 with the personators of anthropic gods since his hair had been cut while 

 a prisoner in a Territorial jail for having hanged a supi)osed witch. 

 His mask will go to a male member of his family and he will not dnm-v 

 in Ko'thluwala'wa. In'noeita begged the writer to remain with hei- 

 during the night, as she was sure the witch who destroyed Xai'uchi's 

 life would be about the house. While it was still light enough to 

 see, In'noeita made a careful surve>' of the exterior of the premises, 

 and Hnding several stones b\- the outer door, which she Ixdieved to 

 have been placed there by the witch, threw them off with an expres- 

 sion of satisfaction that she had discovered the diabolical attempt to 

 harm the household. When the writer insisted that all shoidd retire. 

 In'noeita wanted the door and windows securely fastened. She pre- 

 ferred to hear the scratches of the spirit to running the risk of 

 witches entering the house. The only way in which the writer secured 

 fresh air was by declaring she would not remain unless a window 

 could be open, and finally the household, i-onsisting of In'noeita, 

 Nina, her husband, the t)lind boy, and the man wearing female apparel, 

 retired to the pallets in the far end of the room, whih^ tlu^ w ritei- ki^i)t 

 watch by the open window. 



Games 



Among enlightened peoples games are usually associated with sport 

 and recreation. With some primitive peoples games are played 

 primarily for divination, but the ceremonial games of the Zufiis are 

 for the bringmg of rain, and they constitute an important element in 

 their religious and social life. P^aeh game has its regulations and limi- 

 tations, and there is deep meaning underlying such of the games a> 

 are supposed to have come from the gods. 



The games (i'koslmawe) here recorded eml)race all that are of 

 importance to the grown people. Although the children have a 

 variety of sports exclusively their own, they may be found on any 

 pleasant day enjoying some of the games of their elders, and like their 

 elders they mdulge in betting, for this hal)it is developed in the North 

 American Indian while he is still in his infancy. The younger Zuni 

 children play the ceremonial games, however, with little or no under- 

 standinsi* of the occultism associated with them. 



