The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

at .walpI on the front and rear Of the picture.
more than the custom. for the priest highly
priced q gift Of quartz crystal The Cipaulovi
at the end OF, his ,kiva he had a row of twenty
snake whips leaning against the wall, On the
OF which appeared momentarily the head OF an
arrowsnake. while. on the door four lantern
like vases. stopped by corncobs, were said to be
On the eighth day Of the ceremony there, ap-
R9e ess ~ IN b the mE9}r v p b6 by 9 G %itS r 91 I the had
theirs on the strings. About the entrance
were radiating. lines of sacred meal. And
eleven priests in the antelope kiya were busy
we're Of many varieties. and were distinguished
as male and female by certain marks. and we're
priests wore red feathers in their hair and
were not nearly, as prompt IA their ceremonial
a ait the Wt9ti,P pdo which VI evidently s,etIIy accounts zee aItnr for M ths
scattered about the floor told Of the song cere;
monies of the night before. but the so-called
At noon Of this day, which is called Totok-
va. stalks of corn and vines OF watermelon.
tied with yucca into bundles and placed on the
altar. After a smoke on them, the bearer
wads or bundles were carried in the mouths Of
the participants OF the antelope dance, which
s SsaM m at sunset; on After nt the prayer sticks II ! had had
monial blanket. was commissioned to deposit
a pane tprayer stick In a spring. he had a
and stlTi ca Carried led the ips'c CORN HA'S These ss ' The E shiei
sacred meal near the altar. On the corn near
by he sprinkled more meal. Then. taking q
several puts into the water. kneeling on the
likewise.
the size Of n lead pencil and perhaps two feet
long. and cutting, them into small pieces al
tened the twigs and carried them out into the
sun to dry. and later he placed balls Of clay as
antelope chief made an amulet Of a flag leaf
similar TO that on the triangular heads IN, the
said picture. and he tied them with feathers
were made and deposited into the Individual
baskets at the end. Then the floor was care
sprinkled with meal and carried out. Shortly
the antelope %rattles were brought in by a
nished the remainder OF his paraphernalia.
proper in the plaza Of the village, 4 sort Of
hut. with the entrance, barred by a blanket. was
erected bS on the fbouthern part Of the open
through which the priests entered. Before
the entrance to this hut, or kisi, as the natives
was sunk into the ground. All through Il" the
afternoon until nearly sunset the antelope
tuning for The dance. A little aiterGP; N, the
ANTELOPE chief went over to the snake kiya
was ready. Then he returned to his own
room. Shortly eleven antelope priests filed
their head. They Wore a costume Which
S %SePs. s sSadI tho sis s2 1 %ss ope t RTiefEt ssts syssy;
arm and bore II one hand the bow With red
him was q man with the netted gourd. an ear
Of corn and a paho. There was, a third who
and carried a weii-fiied medicine bowl. ND'
Each antelope priest wore q ceremonial kilt
dark green. Thelr: faces had . line Of white
tn" chin was painted t bla %Pu'H They h = had sii air saS
lines Of white on the breast, arms and legs;
foxskins hung from their waists. turtle shells
was, richly ornamental with shell and turi
9uolse NECKLACES. Each antelope priest,
bowl. carried two, rattles and q few dead cot
tSS seEeG the leay S1svs in h hLs ssmhle1t s5i Thus be;
the snake chiefs did later; While marching
Which Ii s not EHo% %an' l IsP tSeS pss seS PtSS e sRri6 Ss
they threw a pinch, Of meal at 1t, and as they
SSP P5noeG %., the e, fthis a or rough hut; they
ientiyy STAMPED p% on III" that sI"4 All the Rhent tin nea they hey
eehhanted IN a low. monotonous wal. and shook
circuit they Iftoormsd in a a line line e with Ri the ine k iIdri In
the middle. making two ~platoons. with the
at their head. bearing u bow. but no other in
sigma, There were thirteen In all. and they
made four circuits OF the plaza, going through
much the same eyolutions as the antelopes.
They were apparelled like the others, but their
faces were painted black. with white under the
chin, and on the neck. After the march they
lined up before the eleven antelopes. who all
the time shook their rattles and began q low
chant. IL would require no vast and elastic
imagination 10 ~foretel Y football game.
AS the, song began the snake men locked
arms and swayed back and forth. while two
men-,an antelope and q snake-paraded up
and down between the ines OF sWayinR priests.
These two priests went 10 the kisl and back
several times. the antelope priest taking from
thence a wad OF cornstalks and vines and put
ting 1t In, his mouth, The snake priest ac-
companied him, placing his left hand on the
shoulder, OF his companion and acting as the
'huRRer." In this way the two men pranced
slowly between the lines OF swayinR priests,
who stepped forward and back ward one step,
the antelopes singing and shaking their rat
ties. The carrier held the Wad in his mouth
for q time, Then another priest relieved
him. Finally, after this had gone on sew
eral times, the Wad was returned TO tho kisi.
the. asperger sprinkled water. and the snake
and antelope priests filed away In turn, each
making circuits Of the plaza. 1t was all weird
and strange.
The next morning. before the break Of day,
the Antelope priests conseerated their pahoS
prayer stlcksI before the altar and sang their
strange songs, Them. before the sun was up,
the young men. including some from the
nelRhborlng villages. started on on the Snake
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