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number ot purposes. It is sprinkled upon personatoi's of the gods, 

 that they may aid the one using the medicine to have a brave heart; 

 and when a man has a distance to go he takes a bit of the flower medi- 

 cine into his mouth and spits it out, that he ma}' follow the right road, 

 meet no enemies, be well received by all peoples whom he may visit, 

 and 1)6 pr<'served from all accident and ill health during his journey. 



On the completion of the yucca adornments they are carried b}' the 

 men who prepare them and placed on the novices where they sit. 

 After the two A'oung men novices are adorned with th(> yucca, they 

 join the group in the center of the room and have their nude bodies 

 washed in a deep red paint. The boy and the old man are painted in 

 the same manner. The young girl has her face, hands, and arms, 

 and her feet and legs to the knees, washed with the red paint, after 

 which the men have the scalp knot painted with thick white paint on 

 each breast, scapula, and knee in as heavy a line as the forefinger can 

 carry. The girl has two bands of white around each arm, several 

 inches apart, and the scalp knot is painted between the lines on the 

 top of the arm. The five novices now have their chins, upper lips, 

 and ej^ebrows painted white and covered with down from the breast 

 of the hawk. A circle of white paint is also made on the top of the 

 head, to which the down is attached. The down decoration is symlwlic 

 of clouds. Although the tickling of the feathers must be torture, the 

 novices never touch the face after the feathers are put on. The nov- 

 ices now return to their seats and the male members of the fraternity 

 proceed to prepare for the ceremon}-, each man decorating himself 

 after first donning a black woven breechcloth. They adopt various 

 designs in white paint, representing the eagle, the chaparral cock, the 

 bear, the cougar, the badger, the white wolf, and the coyote. The 

 white wolf is represented by the elder brother Bow priest and the 

 second warrioi-, whose entire bodies are covered with white paint. 

 Two little boys represent the heavens. The Zufii coil or seal is painted 

 in red on the palms of the hands of the two bays, as here represented, 

 [^. After the men complete their decorations the women come for- 

 ward and paint in white their hands and arms to the elbow and their 

 feet and legs to the knee. The choir on this occasion, which sits as 

 usual on the south side of the room, is composed of l)oth sexes, the 

 women hokling two eagle wing plumes in the left hand and gourd 

 rattles in the right; the men also have rattles. 



The a'kwamosi and pe'kwin sit each side of the altar upon low stools, 

 while the warriors resume their positions as protectors of the altar. 

 The flute player occupies his assigned position behind the altar. The 

 preparation of the medicine water is begun, and when completed each 

 member of the choir takes a drink from a shell dipped into the bowl. 



During the early part of the cereaiony the room gradually becomes 



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