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Moltkonji= eases seek aeee ee Corn meal cakes one-fourth of an incu m thickness 
of old corn, baked in a pan; they are seasoned 
with salt. 
Aca an dt eens eee ee ee eee A bread made from sweet corn which is first parched 
then ground on a metate and then chewed by 
women and girls and placed in a mass in a flat 
basket; this must be either of yellow or white 
corn, the blue corn is never used for this purpose. 
A mush is made of either white or yellow corn 
meal and the former preparation which has become 
yeast is stirred into the mush. A hole is then dug 
in the ground (near the fire) and lined with shucks 
into which the mush is poured, it is then covered 
with shucks after which earth is thrown over it 
and a large fire built which burns all night. In 
the early morning the cinders and coals are re- 
moved when the bread is found to be baked. 
Mkleheljoe!s- 2225 22. 2s22-s2 5. =e Yeast is prepared for this bread in the same manner 
as that for the Alkaandt except that the corn is 
baked instead of parched. The yeast is then 
mixed with meal into a stiff dough and baked in 
corn husks, four pats are placed in each package. 
Ta’niatnil (beverage) ..-......-.. Is the same preparation as the yeast used in the 
Alkaandt except in this case a drink is made of 
it by pouring boiling water over it. 
IDIWAG IE AMC Sh ae 4 en On pene ty Sere Peaches (fresh or dried) stewed. 
There were also several large bowls of stewed mut- 
ton. 
Little groups of threes and fives were formed over the floor of the 
lodge; others less fortunate were closely packed together around the 
outer edge of the lodge and could procure their food only through the 
generosity of their neighbors. The girl and boy left the lodge after 
having partaken of the sacred meal mixture. After refreshment the 
song-priest lifted each mask with his left hand beginning with Hasjelti, 
and first extending his right hand, which held a fine large erystal, 
toward the heavens, he touched the under part of each mask with the 
crystal; four times he passed over the masks. The choir sang but no 
rattle was used. The crystal was afterward placed on the rug opposite 
the basket of feathers. The food vessels were removed and the song 
continued for a time when the song-priest repeated a long low prayer, 
after which the song was resumed, and thus the night was consumed in 
prayer and song over the masks. 
FIFTH DAY. 
FIRST CEREMONY. 
A basket of yacca suds was prepared by an attendant, who cleansed 
his hands of the suds by pouring a gourd of clear water over them; he 
then put a handful of the suds upon the head of a man who stood before 
him, nude with the exception of a breech cloth, after which the man 
washed his head from a water jug which was held over the head of the 
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