^^O [Fewkes. 
the emgy of Talafumsi, which was on successive mornings 
placed on the hatches of the different kivas, as I have elsewhere 
described. 
While the effigy of Talatumsi is not brought into the pueblo 
in the ^ViXioutcimti as in Naacnaiya, a special visit to her shrine 
is made, as elsewhere described in this account. 
The procession of the priests to the shrine of Tmoapontamsi 
IS mentioned on page 197 of my account of the liaacnaiya, but it 
was not then recognized that the shrine {pahoU) they visited 
was that of this personage. Consequently also we missed the 
visit of this procession to Sipapfmi, which undoubtedlv occurred 
in the Naacnaiya, as described in the present article. 
An object of the visit to the Sii^aptlni^ was for the prayers at 
that place, and the area encircled is known as Kutcip tuvda, the 
Ash Heap Terrace. It is not far from the site of an old pueblo 
ruin, and on that account would be especially venerated by the 
descendants of the former inhabitants. The circuit about"^ this 
area (Sipapit) is called naluc kuniUotim hohomoya, four times 
around ( ? ) prayers. The meal and other offerings were made 
by the societies to the ancestors of the present people of Walpi, 
and are regarded as efficacious, since the wise old men of the 
ancient time have "become Katcinasr-' They are appealed to 
for about all material blessings as well as rain, the constant wish 
of the Tusayan people. 
Among other things prayed for near the site of Old Walpi 
were : — 
^^"' «^"'- Tuwaktci, sweet corn. 
Kaimio, water melon. Tilsaka, grasses. 
Melon, musk melon. Yoijcmicuyu, rain to come. 
Patima, squash. Kanelo, sheep. 
MuzHbuci, beans. Kaioaiyo, horses. 
Pncnbi, cotton. 
•This is the site of an ancient pueblo ruin older possibly than Kisakovi which is 
more on the point of the terrace. They abandoned this easy site because it was in 
the shade and too cold, but they say their ancestors were driven from Kisakovi bv 
the Utes, possibly by the fear that the Spanish would return, and moved to the 
present site of Walpi which was almost impregnable. Some of the mid(Ue-a-ed men 
remember when the approaches to Walpi on the mesa were bv ladders from the 
terrace, and the former position of those ladders ( Cakavila) is even now pointed out. 
2 The import of the prayer over a grave when the food is placed there is "C/7fti 
omau nihte, you are grown into Omowuh." 
