STEVENSON] A 'pi '"'lASHIWANNI 591 



the elder brother to the victor, each with a white embroidered kilt 

 tied across the shoulders, necklaces of precious beads, and hanks of 

 native blue yarn around the wrists hanging in tassels. The vice 

 pa'mosono"kia and the two *si'hakoshona'kwe take seats on the north 

 ledge and near the west end of the room. A number of ha'shiya now 

 return, having added to their dress a white blanket bordered in blue 



and red. 



When all is ready the ^si'hakoshona'kwe with their fellows leave the 

 chamber abreast, and removing the cedar twigs from over the door- 

 way carry them with their bows and arrows in their left hands; each 

 has a single arrow in the right hand. They proceed a few steps and 

 wait for the remainder of the party, which is not long in appearing. 

 The elder brother Bow priest follows after the scalp-washers, the 

 victor and his elder brother come next, and then the other warriors in 

 couples, followed by the vice pa'mosona (the pa'mosona having pre- 

 ceded the party to the te'wita 'hlan'na (large plaza), and two o'tailasho'- 

 nakwe and the ha'shiya. Each couple on emerging from the chamber 

 separates, and two lines are thus formed. The ha'shiya join in the 

 lines, while the two o'tailasho'nakwe dance back and forth between 

 the lines to the music of the song and drum. The drum is of wood, 

 the ends covered with hide. 



As the procession advances to the plaza it is joined by several girls 

 from 6 to 10 years of age, placed there by their mothers, who are quite 

 as enthusiastic as the men. The enthusiasm, however, does not reach 

 its height until the plaza is entered and the pole with the scalp attached 

 has been raised by the pa'mosona and his vice. While the scalp is being 

 tied to the pole, the elder brother Bow priest cries to the crowds on the 

 house tops and in the plaza to join in the dance. After the placing of 

 the pole the pa'mosona and his aid stand close by it and pray. The 

 party from the ceremonial chamber dance around the pole for an hour 

 in two concentric circles, facing each other, while the o'tailasho'nakwe 

 dance between them, and the drummer stands near the pole. When 

 this party leaves the plaza a small circle is formed around the pole, the 

 drummer now standing within the circle, which must never be entirely 

 closed, but is gradually increased as the populace of both sexes and 

 all ages join in the dance, which continues throughout the night, until 

 the plaza seems one mass of motion. There are no other dances in 

 the plaza on the fifth day, and the only dancing on the sixth day is 

 by the populace around the scalp pole, but the A'pi'Mashiwanni sing 

 in the ceremonial chamber until midnight. 



On the seventh day the ha'shiya dancing begins in the ceremonial 

 house at 2 o'clock and^ closes at 3. Afterward all pass from the cere- 

 monial chamber to the plaza, led by the elder brother Bow priest. 

 The pu'panakwc carry their pottery drums and group o!i the east and 

 west sides of the te'wita ^hlan'na, one party representing U'yuyewi 



