a little blanket. This select gathering partakes of a feast, which is
presided over by the maternal grandmother. At the close of the feast
the infant is carried by the oldest sister of the father to the
paternal grandmother's house, where it is presented to the paternal
grandfather, who prays to the Sun (Yä-tō tka) to send down blessings
upon the child.




INVOLUNTARY INITIATION INTO THE KŌK-KŌ.


The present ceremonials are in direct obedience to the orders and
instructions given at the time of the appearance of the Kōk-kō
upon the earth, and their masks are counterparts of the original or
spiritual Kōk-kō (Plate XX). The Käk-lō rides, as of old, upon the
backs of the Kō-yē-mē-shi, and he is the heralder for the coming
of the Kō-lō-oo-wĭt-si. Arriving at the village in the morning, he
divides his time between the kivas, there being six of these religious
houses in Zuñi, one for each of the cardinal points, one for the
zenith, and one for the nadir. In each of these kivas he issues
to the people assembled the commands of the Kōk-kō and gives the
history of the Käk-lō and the gathering of the cereals of the earth
by the Sä-lä-mō-bī-ya. At sunrise he is gone. The morning after
the arrival of the Käk-lō, those who are to represent the Kōk-kō
prepare plume sticks, and in the middle of the same day these are
planted in the earth. The same night they repair to their respective
kivas, where they spend the following eight nights, not looking upon
the face of a woman during that period. Each night is spent in smoking