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run; that is -why they run east and west." The war cliief talks over 

 the first race date with his assistants and notifies the town chief who 

 has summoned kinnpa and shichu kabede. All perform ceremonial 

 the night before the race in the Black Eyes kiva, the roundhouse. 

 They make naw'emi (w'emi, pay or, as we would say, offerings) the 

 nature of which was imknown to our infonnant, to bury at midnight 

 in the middle of the racetrack. Medicine water is also made and 

 any one may go to the town chief's ceremonial house the next morning 

 and get a drink. 



In the morning from eight to ten there is dancing in the plaza — 

 UE^wiawipore, racing dance, a dance open to all. It is after this that 

 people go for their drink of medicine water. Also, at this time, the 

 babies that are to belong to the sliichu Com group may get their 

 names. 



Meanwhile this morning the war chief in the plaza has called out 

 for those who want to race to go to the Black Eyes roundhouse, it is 

 a "free race" for anybody. As the men come in the war chief sings 

 and drums. The town chief and the shichu chief bring in their 

 medicine water and sprinkle it on the four posts of the Idva, also on 

 the k^kauu (see p. 209). All stand and sing a song for the sun during 

 which whenever the sun is mentioned the town chief sprinkles meal 

 in a line from east to south. ("This is lilve calling the sun.") 



After they finish singing, one by one the men pass in front of the 

 to\\Ti chief who squirts medicine water on them from his mouth. 

 As each withdraws he takes off Iris clothes to prepare for the race. 

 Each passes in front of kumpa and shichu chief who paint, kumpa, a 

 streak of red (pari'), shichu chief, a streak of white (to'i), across each 

 cheek. Then shichu chief gives permission to all to paint themselves 

 on their hands and body. AU the elder men smoke in the directions 

 and to the sun, asking the sun to help them in the race. The town 

 chief is watching the sun hole in the roof and when the sun shines in 

 he sprinkles the sun spot wdth pollen. Then after the sun has moved 

 a little they di^'ide up the runners, kmnpa on one side and the war 

 chief on the other, choosing the fastest runners, regardless of moiety. 

 The runners stand in four rows, two to the west, two to the east, with 

 kumpa in the middle to pray and sing, the runners joining in the song. 

 Kumpa holds his bow and arrow and is wearing his sacrosanct 

 bandoleer. 



The town chief, kumpa, and the war chief go out to the starting 

 point at the east end of the track. One appointed man leads the two 

 eastern rows of runners to the east end, and another appointed man 

 leads the western rows to the west end. The town chief and the war 

 chief sing while kumpa takes out the first two runners, one from each 

 row. At the close of the song kumpa with his bow and aiTow pushes 

 the two runners from behind to start them. At the west end of the 



