•895-] 457 [Fewkes. 
I am able to add from hearsay tlie following detail to the 
descrii^tion of the Naacnaiya. On each of the three nights fol- 
lowing the opening this ceremony occm-red. When the Pleiades 
reached the zenith all the novices of the WuwUtcimM and the 
Tataukycmud with those of the Aaltil were taken from the 
Monkiva to the Wikwaliobi and were escorted by two Alosaka in 
single file to the spring called TavKvpa. They all dipped theii- 
heads in this pool and stood in line along its edge. Two of them 
then took up some of the water in a gourd and handed it to the 
Alosaka who passed from one to another of the lads pouring a 
httle water on the heads of all. The gourds were then refilled 
and a procession was formed to return to the pueblo. At the 
side of the trail before one mounts the terrace there is a shrine 
called il-nun-tan-il-ve ( heart contained here y which lies not far 
from the snake house. The procession halted here and the 
Alosaka poured a little water on the head of each novice as at 
the pool ( Tawapa). The gourd bottles now empty were given 
to two lads who ran back to Tawapa and filled them while the 
others waited. On their return the line started and filed up the 
trail to the terrace {tikoive) when the Alosaka again poured the 
water on the heads of the novices. Another pair of novices was 
sent back to Tawapa with the empty gourds but soon rejoined 
the procession which marched to the foot of the narrow stairway 
trail, and there one of the Alosaka poured water on the head of 
the novices from one gourd. Then all filed up the stairway to 
the plaza around the Monkiva. There they stood in line between 
the ruinous houses on the south side'^ and the kiva hatch, and the 
Alosaka poured water upon each, after which they went down 
into the Moiikiva. 
It will thus be seen that the pouring of water on the heads of 
those celebrating the new fire rites is an important feature even 
in the initiation of the novices. 
While it is hoped that the reader may obtain from the fore- 
going account an outline of the new fire ceremonials at Walpi in 
1 One of the stories told of the origin of the name of the shvuieii-mi'ipa-ho-ki, heart 
shrine, is that Antelope there slew Hawk, whom he had beaten in a race, and buried 
his heart in that place. Before his death, the legend goes, Hawk said that all the 
Hopi youth who prayed at this shrine should here obtain speed and courage. This 
shrine somewhat resembles that called herpatinah at Zuni. 
s Tciwiiqti' House of bird woman, the mother of Hani, who now lives in Sitcomovi). 
