THE PUEBLO DWELLERS. Q5 
on the fifth, tenth, fifteenth, and twentieth day of the 
child’s life. On each of these days the baby and its 
mother have their heads washed with yucca suds. 
On the twentieth day, which marks the end of the 
lying-in period, the grandmother comes early, bathes 
the baby, and puts some corn meal to its lips. She 
utters a prayer in which she requests that the child 
shall reach old age and in this prayer gives it a name. 
A few of the women members of the father’s clan come 
in one at a time, bathe the baby, and give it additional 
names. After the names have been given, the paternal 
grandmother goes with the mother and the child to the 
eastern edge of the mesa, starting so as to arrive there 
about sunrise. Two ears of white corn which have 
been lying near the child during the twenty days are 
carried with them. The grandmother touches these 
ears of corn to the baby’s breast and waves them 
toward the east. She also strews corn meal toward the 
sun, placing a little on the child’s mouth. As she does 
this, she prays, uttering in the course of her prayer 
the various names which have been given to the child. 
The mother goes through a similar ceremony and utters 
a similar prayer. 
The names given relate in some way to the clan of 
the one who bestows them. Of the various names 
given the child, one, because it strikes the fancy of the 
family, generally sticks and becomes the child’s name 
which is retained until the individual is initiated into 
some ceremony. ‘This usually takes place between 
the ages of fifteen and eighteen. At that time, a new 
name which is usually retained throughout the indi- 
vidual’s life is given by the man or woman who is 
sponsor for the novice. 
At the present time at least, the Hopi young people 
arrange their own marriages. When their minds are 
