The Portland daily press., 1882-03-30

being kept by a Gordon Of officers. The next
stage of the ceremony was then gone through,
consisting OF the chiefs sitting on their haunch-
es close rogether round sacred painted tray,
into which they placed the feathered sticks.
Having prayed to the gods of the ocean and 70
the gods of their ancestors, the chiefs went
through the ceremony Of the ''prayer-smoke.
They lit sacred cigarettes, made OF cane tubes
moistened with ocean water, and filed with
tobacco made and prayed over by the priests
Of the sun in Zuni. After some minutes smoke
was blown upon the plumes and into them, and
then the chiefs rose and threw them into the
water. Two OF the chiefs who had taken eff
their leggings, moccasins and stockings, then
waded knee deep into the sea and emptied out
from bags quantities of meal, representing the
vegetable foods of Zuni, which the spectators
imagined to be another kind OF prayer flour.
This was intended as a sacrifice to the gods Of
the ocean as were also the prayer sticks, and in
gratitude for the favor shown them in allowing
them to come to that spot. The prayer sticks are
supposed to be the bearers of the prayers, and
the feathers attached to them each represent
NEUROLOGICAL or abstract idea. The auspic-
ious moment had now arrived, and the high
priest waved sacred gourd, which was one of
the vessels in which the water was first
brought from the Gulf of Mexico, TO the four
quarters of the globe and dipped 1t into the
water. Another chief dipped the points OF
two pieces of hard wood into the water, after
which he retained one himself and gave the
wood were attached long pieces Of string, by
which they were whirled around, making a
"whizzing" noise in so doing. The high
priest took the gourd OF water in his arms
while another chief carried two vases, pre-
presented to the Indians in Boston, also filled
with salt water. A solemn procession was
then made to the tent, Mr.. Gushing and the
Zuhi whirling their "whizzers" round as they
went On arriving in the tent, the chiefs
formed in a row with their faces pointing to
fbox xuoot f0uua ri IA eaffiu0 that hainO
the direction in which they were to return to
Znni, bearing with them the sacred water. A
few prayers were said, and lthe rite was then
ended, having occupied 43 minutes. In order,
however, TO have good supply cf this inyalu-
able water for the future, the chiefs then
filled up seven four-gallon green glass demi-
johns in wooden cases, which had been pro-
vided for them.
THE SECOND CEREMONY
now took place; l. g., the initiation OF Mr..
Gushing into the Order of the Ka-ka. The
Ka-Ka Is the church of Zufi, and s at once
the highest and the lowest OF the orders, for
while it is the most sacred, 10 contains the
most members and is not at all exclusive. The
ceremony was not long one First Of all,
Mr.. Gushing, after preliminary prayer and the
OF waters to the four quarters, had
some ocean water placed on his head by Nai-
in-tchi, and went, in fact, through form OF
baptism. After this, each one of the chiefs
embraced him as sign OF brotherhood, and to
show that he was now one of their relations.
"The tie thus formed, Mr. Cushing says. sis
as strong as if had been born in the family
OF the chiefs" The prayers attending the en-
bracing purported to introduce their adopted
brother to the gods, and to request on his be-
half strength as warrior and faith as mem-
ber of their order. 1t should be stated that the
rite was merely an initiation into novitiate Of
the order. When be is finally TO become a
member of the Ka-Ka, Mr. Gushing will have
to undergo a fast of.seyeral DAYS duration and
other painful trials of faith and torture.