The _Tûñtai_ or _Soyaluña_ ceremony of the East Mesa in 1898 extended
from December 9th to the 19th inclusive, and the days were designated
as follows:
9th, _Tcotcoñyuñya_ (_Tcotcoñya_), Smoke assembly.
10th, _Tceele tcalauûh_, Announcement.
11th, _Cüs-tala_, First day.
12th, _Lüc-tala_, Second day.
13th, _Paic-tala_, Third day.
14th, _Yuñya_, Assemblage.
15th, _Sockahimû_.
16th, _Komoktotokya_.
17th, _Totokya_, _Totokpee_.
18th, _Pegumnove_.
19th, _Navotcine_.
The active secret ceremonies began on the 14th and extended to the
19th. _Yuñya_ was the day on which the Walpi chiefs entered their
kivas, and _Totokya_ that on which the most important secret rites
were performed.
_Tcotcoñyuñya_, Smoke assembly. The time of the Soyaluña is fixed by
Kwatcakwa, Sun-priest of the _Patki_ clan, who determines the winter
solstice by means of observations of sunset on the horizon, as
elsewhere described. The Smoke assemblage at Walpi occurred after
sunset on December 9th, in the house of Anwuci's wife, adjoining the
_Moñkiva_, and was attended by Supela, Kwatcakwa, Sakwistiwa, Kwaa,
and Anawita, all chiefs belonging to the _Patki_ clan. The Smoke
assemblage at Hano, preliminary to the _Tûñtai_, was also held after
sunset on December 9th, and was attended by the following chiefs:
Anote (Tem[)e]), _Sa-towa_; Satele, _Ke-towa_; Pocine (Koye),
_Nañ-towa_; Patuñtupi, _Kolon-towa_.
There was no formal notification of _Tûñtai_ from the housetops of
Hano on the following morning, the _Soyaluña_ announcement from Walpi
serving all three pueblos on the East Mesa.
The formal announcement was made by Kopeli at daybreak of December
10th. Hoñyi, the regular _tcakmoñwi_, or town-crier, was snowbound at
Keam's Canyon, and consequently was unable to perform this function.
The Smoke assemblage and its formal announcement at daybreak on the
following morning have been observed in the Snake dance, and in the
Flute, New-fire, and _Soyaluña_ ceremonies; it probably occurs also in
the _Lalakoñti_ and _Mamzrauti_. It takes place several days before
the Assembly day, when the chief enters the kiva and sets his _natci_
or standard on the kiva hatch to announce that he has begun the
ceremonies.
[Illustration: AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST No. 8., VOL. 1, PL. XVII
Drawn by MARY M. LEIGHTER
ALTAR IN THE MOÑKIVA AT HANO]