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daug-hter of the Kia'kwemosi (rain priest of the Noith), who is u iiieni- 

 ber of the fraternity and is as much of a buffoon when acting with the 

 Ne'wekwe as any of the others. Though the child does not flinch from 

 the ordeal, it is apparent that the noxious dose is taken with aversion. 

 They must eat of the offal and drink the urine, that their intestines 

 may not be destroyed by the hot medicine. This dose is given and 

 received with the same seriousness that Christian churches observe 

 with their most sacred sacraments. Later in the morning, when the 



Fig. 80 — Markings on back iind arrangement of hair of the Xe'wekwe. 



fraternity adjoui-ns to the Si'aa' te'wita, the Kok'ko 'hlan'na administers 

 another dose. He wears a cotton shirt, the sleeves of which arc tied to 

 the wrists with blue yarn. A Hopi embroidered blanket is woi n as a 

 skirt: it hang.s from the waist and is fastened at the ])ack. An cu)- 

 broidered cotton sash is tied at the l)ack of the waist and a fox skin is 

 pendent at the back. The lower portion of the legs is wrapped with 

 white cotton cloth of Ho])i weaving, and the feet are covered with dance 

 moccasins. Ko'hakwa and tur<juoise beads hang in profusion over 

 the breast. He carries in each hand large bunches of giant vucca. each 



