114 THE SIA

thecord are^tailfeathersofthefemale sparrow

hawk

{Falco sparverius)

^iid the loug-crestedjay {Gyanocetta macrolopha).

The men

and child have ^their forelocks

drawn

back and tied with ribbons of corn husks, the

men

each having a

bnnch

^of

hawk

and jay feathers attached pendent on the left side of the head.

They

wear white cotton breechcloths

and

necklacesof coral and kohaqujir(archaic shell heads).'

The woman

wears her ordinary dress and several coral necklaces, herfeet

and

limbsbeingbare.

The

^ho'naaite, removing a bowlof meal from before the altar

and

holdingitinhislefthand, togetherwithhiseagleplumes

and

awand,

—

the

wand

being a miniature crook elaborately decoratedwithfeathers,

—

sprinkled a line of meal from the painting to the entrance of the chamber, forthebeingof Quer'riinnatopass over.

The

ho'naaite, his vicar,and the

woman

sat

back

ofthealtar,theho'- naaiteto thewestside, thevice to hisright,

and

the

woman

totheeast side.

At

^thistime achild

was

^{sleepingnear thealtar.}

The

ho'naaitefilledan abalone shellwithcornpollen

and

holding the shell, histwo eagle pinnies,

and wand

inhisleft

hand and

rattlein the right,offereda longprayertoQuer'riinnatoinvokethe cloud people to water the earth,

and

sprinkled the ^altar several times with pollen.

At

^thecloseofthe prayerhe

handed

the.shell of pollen to the

woman, who

passed to the front of the altar and eastof the meal line

and

sprinkled the altar with the pollen.

The

song

now

began,

and

the

woman,

^{retaining licrposition beforethealtar,kepttime}

by moving

her

wand

rightand ^left, then extending it over thealtar; eachtime before

waving

^itover thealtar she restediton ^{theshell for a}

moment;

after repeating themotionseveraltimes,sheextendedthe

wand

tothenorth,

moving

itrightand left, and afterresting iton the shell sheextended

it to thewest,

and

the

wand was

inthis

way

motionedtothecardinal points, zenith and nadir.

The waving

ofthe

wand

to the points

was

repeatedfimr times;

and

the

woman

then returned the shellto theho'- naaite,

who had

atintervals

waved

^hisplumes

and wand

over the^altar.

At

^this time the child awoke,

and making

a

wad

of his blanket sat

upon

^itbetween the ho'naaite

and

thevicar; thelatter supplying the child with a

wand and

rattle, hejoined inthe song.

The

vicar being afflicted withpai-alysiscould add little to thecere-

mony, though he

made

strenuous efforts tosing and

sway

his palsied body.

The

grouppresented apitifulpicture,butitexhibited astriking proof of the devotion of these people to the observanceof their cult

—

theflickering fire-light playing in lights

and shadows

about theheads ofthe three members, over

whom Time

holds the scythe with grim menaces, Avhilethey strained eveiynerveto

make

all that

was

possible oftheritual they were celebarting; the boy, requiring no arousingto sing

and bend

his tiny

body

to thetimeoftherattle,joinedin thecalls

'Theportraitsofthe ho'naaitosweromadeinsecludedspotsinthewoods. Thehairisnotarranged asitis iuthe ceremonials, fear ofdiscoverypreventing theproperarrangementandadornmentwith feathers. (PI.xxx.>

BUREAUOFETHNOLOGY ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT PL.XXIX

ALTAR OF QUER'-RAN-NA_SOCIETY.

sTEVENsuN.l

QUERRANNA RAIN CEREMONIAL. 115 upon

the cloud peopletogathertowaterthe earth with as

much

^euthu-

isiasui as his chleis.

The

songcontinued,with allstanding, withoutcessationfor an hour.

The woman

then brought a vase ofwaterand gourd fromthesouthwest cornerofthe

room

and placed itinfrontof thealtaron thelineofmeal,

and

the ho'naaite took fi'om the west side of the altar four medicine bags, handing twoto the

man and two

to the

boy

(pollenbeinginone

bag and

meal inthe otlier),

and

giving the shellcontaining thepollen tothe

woman. She

stood infront of thealtar east of theline ofmeal swayingher

body

fromside toside,holding her

wand

in theright

hand and

theshell in tlie left, keeping timeto therattle

and

the song. She emptied a gourdofwater from thevaseintothe medicine bowl,imi)lor- ing Quer'riinna to intercede with the cloud people to assemble; the ho'naaitethen sprinkled se'wili intothe medicine bowl; then the little

boysprinkledpollen intothe bowl,invoking thecloud peopletogather,

and

thevicar,with the

same

])etition, sprinkled thepollen.

The woman

then emptied a second gourdofwater,first

waving

itto the north, into the medicine bowl, witli a call for the cloud people to gather; the ho'naaite ;igain deposited a poction of the se'wili into the bowl

and

his vicar and the boy sprinkled in meal, with an api)eal to the cloud people; again the

woman

lifted a gourdful of water

and waved

it to-

ward

the westand emptied ^itinto thebowl,invoking the cloud people togather; and the others sprinkledcorn pollen,the vicar

and boy

^call- ing

upon

the cloud peopletogather; the

woman

then

waved

a gourd ofwater to the south

and

emptied ^it into the bowl, and ngain the others s])rinkled pollen, the vicar

and

boy repeating their petition;

another gourdful

was

^lifted and

waved

to the east

and

emptied into thebowl

and

the sprinkling of the pollen

was

repeated.

The womau

returned thevase to the fartherend of the

room

(sheofficiated in the

making

of the medicine water,as thevicar,beinga paralytic,

was

una- ble to perform this duty),

and

resumed her seat back of the altar;

reaching for^vard, she

removed

two smallmedicine bags,

and

_{taking a} pinch of pollenfrom one

and

apinch ofmeal from theother, sprinkled the medicine water; after repeating thesprinkling, she tied the bags

and

returned

them

to tlieir place

by

the altar.

The

ho'naaite,dipping his plumes into themedicinebowl, sprinkled the altarthree times

by

strikingthetopofthe plumesheld in theleft

hand

with therattle held inthe right.

The

sprinkling

was

repeated three times

by

the others while the ho'naaite sang alow chant. All

now

rose,

and

the ho'naaite continuing the song,

moved

his

body

violently, the motion being from the knees^; as hesang he extended^his eagleplumes over thealtar and dipped

them

into the medicinewaterwith a callforthe cloud people to gather; hethendipped the birdfeathersattached to his

wand

into the medicinewater with a similarexhortation; the boydii)pedthe feathers attachedto his

waud

intothe water,striking

them

with therattle, call-

ing

upon

the cloudpeople to gather

and

water the earth; the ho'naaite