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Title: Indians of the Southwest
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dorsey, George A. (George Amos), 1868-1931 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Subjects: Indians of North America
Publisher: (Chicago) Passenger department, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway system
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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colors the rain-cloud symbols. Thezigzags are then filled in and converted into lightning symbols.The two tiponis of the society are now placed in their properpositions at the extreme corners of the mosaic and the crooksand other accompanying objects are added, when the altar iscompleted. Bahos are now being made in rapidly increasingnumbers. Constant are the visits of the Snake priest, both morningand evening, to this Antelope kiva, where he engages in fraternalsmoking with its high priest, bearing back with him each day tohis own kiva certain prayer offerings. Sixth Day.—Very early on the morning of the sixth day,just as the morning star appears, the Snake priest, accompaniedby a young man, enters the kiva, where we shall find the priestsbeginning to assume their accustomed positions about the altar. •In the meantime the Antelope priest has left the kiva and re-turns with a young maid. These two people are now properlyattired in beautiful ceremonial costumes and are at once led
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A Snake Priest. 145 to the rear of the altar, where, in the hands of the maid, whopersonates the Antelope maid of the great myth of this frater-nity, is placed an earthenware vessel which contains stalks ofgrowing com and vines of melons. Upon the arm of the Snakeyouth is laid one of the tiponis, while into his other hand is givena rattlesnake, brought by the Snake priest from the Snake kiva.The two chief priests then assume their positions of honor inthe semi-circle of priests about the altar, one bearing in hishands a snake whip, each of the other priests providing them-selves with one of the altar crooks, while another priest takesfrom the medicine bowl the aspergil. We are now to witness a ceremony and to listen to the sing-ing of songs of great antiquity. One song after another is sung,the asperger sprinkling holy water upon the sand mosaic fromtime to time until the seventh song is reached, whereupon thechief Antelope priest retires to the side of the hearth, wherehe lights an a

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