arge fire built which
burns all night. In the
early morning the cinders
and coals are removed
when the bread is found
to be baked.
Tkleheljoe Yeast is prepared for
this bread in the same
manner as that for the
Alkaandt except that the
corn is baked instead of
parched. The yeast is
then mixed with meal into
a stiff dough and baked
in corn husks, four pats
are placed in each
package.
Ta'naetnil (beverage) Is the same preparation
as the yeast used in the
Alkaandt except in this
case a drink is made of
it by pouring boiling
water over it.
Diz'etso Peaches (fresh or dried)
stewed. There were also
several large bowls of
stewed mutton.

Little groups of threes and fives were formed over the floor of the lodge;
others less fortunate were closely packed together around the outer edge
of the lodge and could procure their food only through the generosity of
their neighbors. The girl and boy left the lodge after having partaken of
the sacred meal mixture. After refreshment the song-priest lifted each
mask with his left hand beginning with Hasjelti, and first extending his
right hand, which held a fine large crystal, toward the heavens, he
touched the under part of each mask with the crystal; four times he passed
over the masks. The choir sang but no rattle was used. The crystal was
afterward placed on the rug opposite the basket of feathers. The food
vessels were removed and the song continued for a time when the
song-priest repeated a long low prayer, after which the song was resumed,
and thus the night was consumed in prayer and song over the masks.

FIFTH DAY.

FIRST CEREMONY.

A basket of yucca suds was prepared by an attendant, who cleansed his
hands of the suds by pouring a gourd of clear water over them; he then put
a handful of the suds upon the head of a man who stood before him, nude
with the exception of a breech cloth, after which the man washed