STEVENSON] ma'^^kp] ^hlan'nakwe 509 



The ceremony which foUows is the same as described on page 502 at 

 the close of the initiatory ceremonies of the order of O'naya'nakia. 



Later in the morning- tiic chins of the male members of the order 

 are painted black and streaked with white, symbolic of rain clonds 

 with falling rain. The neck is painted yellow, the remainder of the 

 body ])lack; the upper portion of the arms black, and the forearms 

 and hands yellow; each scapula, the outside of both arms near the 

 shoulders, the breasts, and the outer side of the legs at the kneejoint are 

 crossed in double lines of white; the upper portion of the legs are 

 white, a band of black encircles the legs about the knee, and the 

 remainder of the legs and the feet are yellow. Sometimes these dec- 

 orations vary, the lower leg being entirely yellow. Dance moccasins 

 are worn. White and black beads, the latter made from a dried berry, 

 pass over the right shoulder and under the left arm; the long hair is tied 

 tightly at the nape of the neck with red yarn or a red garter, a yucca 

 wreath knotted at both sides encircles the head, six eagle-tail feathers 

 arranged like a spread tail, with a few yellow parrot feathers pendent 

 at the base, ornament the left side of the head. A fluffy eagle plume 

 colored red is tied to the forelock of such dancers as belong to the 

 Mystery medicine order. A bow wristlet is attached to the left arm, and 

 profusions of ko'hakwa, coral, and turquoise beads are worn as neck- 

 laces. Rattles are carried in the right hands, swords in the left. The 

 *Hlem'mosona carries a crooked prayer plume instead of the rattle, 

 and his deputy has instead of the feathered handle to his sword a 

 tablet carved in cloud designs and colored in blue-green, red, yellow, 

 black, and white, and fui'ther embellished with the sun and a star. 

 Two white fluffy eagle feathers tip the cloud design at the top of the 

 tablet. The 'Hlem'mosona, the Ko'mosona (director-general of the 

 ki'wi*siwe)," and the pa'niosona (scalp custodian), who are members of 

 this fraternitv, have each a serpentiform sword denotinu- lio-htnino-.^ 



The female members wear their ordinary dress, including moccasins, 

 with a folded mi'ha passing under the right arm and fastened on the 

 bft shoulder; the arms and neck are bare, and they wear turquoise 

 earrings and elaborate necklaces; the hair is done up in the usual 

 manner, with a flufl'y eagle plume attached to the forelock, and each 

 carries a sword in her left hand and two eagle-wing plumes in her 

 right. 



A woman carrying a meal basket leads the dancers through the 

 southeastern covered way in single flle to the plaza. Passing to the 

 north by the east side and around by the excavation in which the 

 prayer plumes were deposited the previous night to Na'ke'e, they join 



a See Ki'wi'siwe and their functions. 



6 The present warrior, who lias been a member of the fraternity four years, was anxious to possess 

 such a lightning: sword, but tlie 'HlOm'mosona objected on the ground that he had not been a mem- 

 ber of the organization long enough for the goodness of his heart to be tested. 



