Chapter XIII: Hä´-cha-mo-ni with plumes attached (A, deposited for

cloud priest of the north; _B_, deposited for
Ho-chan-ni, arch ruler of the cloud priests of the
world; _C_, deposited for cloud woman of the north;
_D_, bunch of plumes offered apart from hä´-cha-mo-ni;
_E_, bunch of plumes offered apart from hä´-cha-mo-ni) 78

XIV. Altar and sand painting of Snake society 80

XV. Altar of Snake society 82

XVI. Ceremonial vase 84

XVII. Vice ho´-na-ai-te of Snake society 86

XVIII. Altar and sand painting of Giant society (_A_, altar;
_B_, sand painting) 90

XIX. Altar of Giant society photographed during ceremonial 92

XX. Ho´-na-ai-te of Giant society 94

XXI. Sick boy in ceremonial chamber of Giant society 96

XXII. Altar and sand painting of Knife society 98

XXIII. Altar of Knife society photographed during ceremonial 100

XXIV. Ho´-na-ai-te of Knife society 102

XXV. Altar of Knife society, with ho´-na-ai-te and vice
ho´-na-ai-te on either side 104

XXVI. Shrine of Knife society 108

XXVII. Shrine of Knife society 110

XXVIII. Altar of Quer´-rän-na society 112

XXIX. Altar of Quer´-rän-na society 114

XXX. Ho´-na-ai-te of Quer´-rän-na society 116

XXXI. Sia masks (A, masks of the Ká-ᵗsû-na; B, mask of female
Ká-ᵗsû-na; C, masks of the Ká-ᵗsû-na) 118

XXXII. Sia masks (A, masks of the Ká-ᵗsû-na; B, masks of female
Ká-ᵗsû-na) 120

XXXIII. Prayer to the rising sun 122

XXXIV. Personal adornment when received into the third degree of
official membership of Cult society (A, spider; B,
cougar; C, fire; D, Knife and Giant; E, costume when
victor is received into society of Warriors; F, body of
warrior prepared for burial, only the face, hands, and
feet being painted) 140

XXXV. Ceremonial water vases; Sia (A, a cross emblematic of the
rain from the cardinal points; B, faces of the cloud
men; C, faces of the cloud women; D, clouds and rain;
E, vegetation; F, dragonfly, symbolic of water) 146

Fig. 1. Sia women on their way to trader’s to dispose of pottery 12

2. Sia women returning from trader’s with flour and corn 13

3. Pauper 18

4. Breaking the earth under tent 21

5. Women and girls bringing clay 22

6. Women and girls bringing clay 23

7. Depositing the clay 24

8. Mixing the clay with the freshly broken earth 25

9. Women sprinkling the earth 26

10. The process of leveling 27

11. Stampers starting to work 28

12. Mixing clay for plaster 29

13. Childish curiosity 30

14. Mask of the sun, drawn by a theurgist 36

15. Diagram of the White House of the North, drawn by a
theurgist 58

16. The game of Wash´kasi 60

17. Sand painting as indicated in Plate XXV 102

18. Sand painting used in ceremonial for sick by Ant society 103

19. Sia doctress 133

20. Mother with her infant four days old 142

A VIEW OF SIA, SHOWING A PORTION OF VILLAGE IN RUINS.]

THE SIA.

BY MATILDA COXE STEVENSON.[1]