STEVENSON] INVOLUNTARY INITIATION INTO THE KOK-KO. ayy) | 
upon the K0-l0-o0-wit-si. He then precedes the Kok-k6 to the plaza 
and deposits a small quantity of yellow meal on the white line of meal 
near the eastern entrance. By this spot the Sii-li-mo bi-ya of the North 
Stands, south of the line of meal. The priest, continuing in advance, 
deposits a quantity of blue meal ‘on the line a short distance from the 
yellow, which indicates the position for the Sii-li-m0-bi-ya of the West, 
In like manner he indicates the position of the respective Sii-lii-mo-bi-ya 
with red meal for the South, white for the East, meal of all colors for the 
Heavens, and black meal for the Earth. The remainder of the Koik-ko 
take their positions successively along the line of meal. The Ko yé-mé-shi 
group in the plaza. The godfathers then pass along the line of meal, each 
one holding his godchild on his back by a blanket, which he draws 
tightly around him. In olden times tanned robes of the buffalo were 
used for this purpose. As he passes the line of Kok-k6 each one strikes 
the child with his large bunch of Spanish bayonets. While the Indian 
from almost infancy looks upon any exhibition of feeling when under- 
going physical suffering as most cowardly and unmanly, the severity of 
the pain inflicted by the yucca switches in this ceremony is at times 
such as to force tears from the eyes of the little ones, but a boy over the 
age of five or six rarely flinches under this ordeal. After passing the 
line the godparent enters the Kiva of the North, where he is met by a 
priest of the great fire order, who asks, ‘‘ Who is your Kok-ko?” When 
the godfather replies, he is directed to select his boy’s plume. The 
plumes which ornament the heads of the figures have been previously 
wrapped in corn husks and carried to the priest by the respective god- 
fathers. The godfather attaches the feather, which is a soft, downy 
feather of the eagle, to the scalp-lock of the child. The godparent is 
then given a drink of the holy water, which is dipped from the bowl by 
the medicine man with a shell attached to a long reed. The child also 
drinks and repeats a prayer after his sponsor. They then leave the kiva, 
and, taking a position on the north side of the plaza, the child kneels 
and clasps the bent knee of his godfather, who draws him still closer 
with the blanket around him. Four new characters of the Kok-k6 now 
appear, the Sai-a-hli-a (see Plate XX). Hach one of these strikes the 
child four times across the back with his yucea blades, having first 
tested with his foot the thickness of the child’s clothing. The child 
must not have anything over his back but the one blanket, which is a 
gift from the godfather. This ceremonial over, each child accompanies 
his godparent to his home, where a choice meal is served. 
The night ceremonial is conducted in two kivas, that of the South 
and that of the East. The Kok-ko for this ceremony divide and enter 
the two kivas. 
The godparents sit upon the stone ledge which passes around tle 
room, whose walls are rectangular, and, spreading his kuees, the boy sits 
on the ledge between them. To the right of the guardian his wife sits, 
and to his left his sister. In case the wife is not present, the older sister 
