Kiva of the South, the white to the Kiva of the
East, the all color to the Kiva of the Heavens, the black to the Kiva
of the Earth. A sumptuous meal is now served in each of the kivas.

After this meal the K[=o]k-k[=o] begin their bodily decorations, with
their bodies almost nude. Those of the North are painted yellow; those
of the West, blue; those of the South, red; those of the East, white;
those of the Heavens, all colors on the body and yellow on the neck
and upper arms; those of the Earth, black, with some bits of color.
This done, the Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya of the North passes through the
village and, going for a short distance to the north, deposits a
plume stick, the stick to which the plumes are attached being painted
yellow. The Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya of the West, South, and East plant
their plumes at their respective cardinal points. Those for the zenith
and nadir are planted to the west, on the road to the spirit lake, the
stick of each one having the cardinal color decorations. This done,
all retire to their kivas.

The Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya of the North, returning to his kiva, drinks
the medicine water prepared by the priest of the great fire order
(M[=a]-[t]ke-hl[=a]n-[=a] [=a]-que), who, with some of his people, is
now busy in the preparation of a sand altar. The Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya
again emerge from the kivas, with long bunches of Spanish bayonet in
their hands, in the ends of which grains of corn of the respective
colors are placed and wrapped with shreds of the bayonet. Any
man or youth desiring to raise yellow corn appeals to the
Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya of the North, who strikes him a severe blow with
his bunch of bayonets. Similar appeals are made to those representing
other colors. The sand altar is made in the Kiva of the North. It is
first laid in the ordinary yellowish sand, in the center of which the
bowl of medicine water is placed. Over the yellow sand a ground
of white sand is sprinkled. All the Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya and their
brothers are represented on the altar (Plate XXII). The altar
is circular in form and some twelve feet in diameter. The
K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si encircles the whole.

Throughout the day the K[=o]k-k[=o] are running around the village
whipping such of the people as appeal to them for a rich harvest,
while the curious performances of the K[=o]-y[=e]-m[=e]-shi carry one
back to the primitive drama.

[Plate XXII: ZUNI SAND ALTAR IN KIVA OF THE NORTH.]

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