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Avith his left hand and shakes a small gourd rattle with his right, 

 while he sings a low chant, reminding one of the intoning of a Cath- 

 olic priest. The two Sai'apa strike the top, left, base, and right 

 of the door frame with their burning brands and join the Shuniai'koli 

 in the dance. The gods dance for a time with a slow step, raising 

 first one foot and then the other to the music of the choir within. The 

 time is changed and they dance more rapidly. After thirt\' minutes 

 the female leader and the charm-bearer retire to the chamber. The 

 gods prolong the dance for a few minutes, and the man who has charge 

 of the tree, which now stands east of the entrance, places his hand on 

 the back of the Shuniai'koli of the North and directs him to the entrance 

 of the ceremonial cham))er, when he stoops and goes in. The other 

 Shuniai'koli follows, also directed b}^ the man. In the meantime the 

 two Sai'apa continue to dance, but the}" soon join the others in the 

 chamber. The tree attendant now carries in the tree. The dancing 

 of the gods in the chamber is violent and continuous for some time, 

 then the masks are removed and all indulge in a feast. The all-night 

 ceremonial is the same as previously described, 



Ma"ke 'San'nakwe (Little Fire Fraternity) 



The Ma"ke 'San'nakwe fraternit}' comprises four orders: O'naya'- 

 nakia (Mystery medicine), It'sepcho (Juggleiy), Ma'^ce (Fire), and 

 Pa'3'atamu (God of music, flowers, and butterflies). 



This organization has a large membership, many of the members 

 Ijeing among the wealthiest of the pueblo. Its theurgists are equal 

 to any in Zufii, Nai'uchi," the warrior of the fraternit}^ standing at 

 the head of the Zuili medicine men. There is no physician anywhere 

 who is kept busier with patients than this renuukal)le old man. to 

 whom the writer is indebted for nuich of the material comprised in 

 this monograph. The rules for the convening of this fraternity are 

 the same as those followed by others where the mysteries of medicine 

 are practiced. Though the members of the Little Fire fraternity play 

 with fire at other gatherings, their most elaborate Hre display occurs 

 but once in four years, this being the time of the celebration of the 

 lighting of the first fire by the Sun Father, according to Hopi belief. 

 In fact, the members of this fraternity participate in the great fire 

 dance onh' once in eight 3'ears, for the reason that a division occurred 

 in the fraternity many j^ears ago, but within the recollection of some 

 of the older men. According to the statement of an aged theurgist, 

 who was about ten or twelve years of age when the trouble arose and 

 at the time a member of the Little Fire fraternity, but who joined the 

 opposing party, a man and a woman were the cause of the break in 

 the fraternity, their conduct being a subject for the severest censure, 



a Since deceased. 



