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Hniokint;- at tliis time, and he is all alono. He hoars the man walkiiio- 

 about at intorvais and is careful to catcli every word he utters. Tll(^ 

 name which the man calls durino- the time he is under the inllucnce of 

 the medicine is that of the thief. At daylij^ht the rain priest rcfuins 

 to the inner room to find the man either lyinoclown or walkinj^- about. 

 He wakens the man by grabbin*,^ his arm and leads him into the front 

 room, where they sit side by side facing- east, and the rain pi-iest 

 relates what h(> iieard durino- the nij-'ht and tells the man that the 

 name he called is that of the thi(>f. The man d(Miies all recollection of 

 what passed durino- the night. He is instructed l»y the rain pi'iest to 

 call upon the roe^ue and demand his property. The rain j)riest then 

 makes a lire and heats water and has the man drink a ((uantity, which 

 induces vomitinji*. The dose of warm water is repeated four times 

 with the same results, that all the a'neolakya taken the previous nijiht 

 may be thrown up. The rain pri(>st then leaves the man alone, tait 

 returns in a short time with his wife and other female members of 

 the family who prepaic yucca suds and wash the man's head, while 

 he kneels on a blanket, and the rain priest sits behind him with a 

 hand on cither shoulder. The man's family may be present at this 

 ceremony, but they take no part in it. After the head is washed, the 

 rain priest gives four ears of corn ti(>d together, calico, and other 

 presents, according to his wealth or generosity. The corn is planted 

 the coming season separately from other corn. The women retui-n to 

 their house and ))ring food which they prepared during the night, 

 which is eaten by all present. After the reymst, the loser of the prop- 

 erty goes to the house of the person whom he named when intoxicated 

 and demands his property, saying: "I saw you when I was drunk 

 with a'neglakya." If the accused is guilty, he returns the V)i-operty, 

 for he would be afi-aid to keep it and thus offend A'neglakya. 



For treating a patient outside the ceremonial chamber the Zuni 

 doctor is paid According to his reputation, but there is no charge when 

 the patient is treated during a meeting of an esoteric fraternity. 

 Like the civilized physician, the Zuili doctor does not practice in his 

 own family, except in rare instances when the theurgist has great 

 faith in his abilitv and feels that he can save the life of the dear one. 

 A case of pneulnonia developed on October i>0, 1895, and continu.'d 

 six weeks, with severe fever, leaving the man very weak, and with an 

 ugly cough. He was anxious to be placed in the care of the writer, 

 but"^the jealousy of the oliiciating theurgist prevented any other treat- 

 ment than his own. The theurgist, on his arrival, took a seat l)y the 

 patient and i-e(iuested that a basket tray be brought to him. He then 

 took the hand of the patient and made inquiries regarding his condi- 

 tion. H(; removed a cougar fetish and several small bags of medicine 

 from his pouch and deposited them in the basket; then, holding the 

 fetish between his hands, which he carried close to his lips, he made a 



