[35] _Smithsonian Report_, 1895, pl. lvii. [36] _The American Anthropologist_, vol. XI, page 1. [37] The Tewa, like the Hopi, recognize six ceremonial directions--north, west, south, east, above, and below. The sinistral circuit is one in which the center is on the left hand, while the dextral circuit has its center to the right. The older term, "sunwise," for the latter circuit, etymologically means one ceremonial circuit in the northern hemisphere and an opposite in the southern. On this and other accounts the author has ceased to use it in designating circuits. [38] For the increase of rabbits. [39] This zigzag framework had appended to one end a carved imitation of a snake's head, and as it represents the lightning this association was not incongruous. Similar frameworks are carried in the dance by a man impersonating Püükoñ, the War god, and at certain other times when lightning is symbolized. [40] In asking why albino Hopi are found at the Middle Mesa and not on the East Mesa, it was unexpectedly learned that in some ceremonies a white prayer-stick is made at the former mesa, and that albinism was due to want of care by the father in making these offerings while his wife was pregnant. The author has never seen the white _paho_ of the Middle Mesa, and does not know when it is made nor its shape and use. [41] All Hopi priests are very solicitous that sketches of the _Patki_ altar in the _Soyaluña_ should not be shown to Tewa men or women, and the Tewa men begged me to keep silent regarding their altars while conversing with the Walpi chiefs. There is a very strict taboo between the two peoples at the time of the Winter Solstice ceremony, which is more rigid than at other times. [42] The _Tuwa_ (Sand) or _Kükütce_ (Lizard) clan lived at Pakatcomo with the _Patki_ people, according to their legends. [43] _Journal of American Folk-lore_, 1892, pl. II, figs. 1-4. These _moñkohus_ of the Kwakwantu society, representing horned snakes, should not be confounded with those carried by other societies, typical forms of which are shown in figures 5-8. In the article quoted it was not stated that the effigies with heads represent _Palülükoñs_. The effigy on the massive club borne by the chief of the Kwakwantu also represents the Great Snake. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo, by J. Walter Fewkes