en sprinkled the middle and west rows, the ceremony
was always begun at the north end of each line of masks; again dipping
their wands in the water, the boy beginning at the north side and the girl
at the south, they sprinkled the inmates of the lodge. The children were
very awkward, and were rendered more so by the many scoldings given them
for their mistakes. The sprinkling of the people was continued until the
water was exhausted. The lodge was also sprinkled at the cardinal points.
The song never ceased throughout this ceremony. The girl and boy, taking
the position first assigned them, an attendant, with a reed filled with
sacred tobacco, puffed the smoke over the masks, smoking each mask
separately on the east row; the middle and west rows he hurriedly passed
over. While this was being done an attendant took a pinch from all the
different foods and placed what he gathered into a basket in the niche
behind the song-priest.(5) After the masks had been smoked, the attendant
puffed the smoke over all the people, beginning on the north side of the
lodge. During the smoking the song ceased, but was resumed when the
attendant took his seat. At the close of the song sacred meal was mixed
with water in a Zuni pottery bowl. This meal is made of green corn baked
in the earth and then ground. During the preparation of this medicine
mixture the song-priest sang: "This food is mixed for the people of the
rocks! We feed you with this food, O people of the rocks!" The theurgist
then dipped his forefinger into the mixture, and running his hand rapidly
over the masks from north to south, he touched each mouth; each line was
passed over four times. The invalid dipped his three first fingers into
the basket, and placing them in his mouth, sucked in his breath with a
loud noise. This was repeated four times by the invalid and then by each
of the attendants, when all the inmates of the lodge were expected to
partake of the mixture. This was done with a prayer for rain, good crops,
health, and riches. All hands now participated in the feast.

FOODS BROUGHT INTO THE LODGE.
Da'ttuneilgaij Pats made of wheat flour
and fried.
Tab'aestch'lonni Corn meal pats wrapped in
corn husks and boiled.
Tanae'shkiji Thick mush boiled and
stirred with sticks.
Naenesk'aedi Tortillas.
Ta'bijai Four small balls of corn