occurrence of the first menstruation of Estsanatlehi.

No special veneration attaches to the _iyacaskuni_ except when a
ceremony is in progress. At that time it is devoted exclusively to the
_qacal'i_ and the other actors in the rites, and it is then known as
_qacal' biqo[.g]an_, the song house. Perhaps the family for whose
benefit it was first used may have contributed the larger share of the
food for the workers who constructed it, but it is not held to be the
exclusive property of any one person; it is for the use of the
neighborhood. In the summer time, during which season no important rites
are celebrated, the women often erect their vertical looms there and use
it as a workroom. Some of the neighbors may find it convenient to occupy
it temporarily, or when some occasion brings an influx of visitors they
adjourn to the flat-roof house, if there be one near, to smoke and
gamble and sleep there. But it is rarely used as a dwelling in winter,
as it would have to be vacated whenever one of the neighbors wished to
have a ceremony performed. Moreover, owing to its large size, it would
be more difficult to keep warm than the more compact hogan.

HOGAN NOMENCLATURE

_qo[.g]an [)i]l'tc[)i]'n ceza'_--conical hut; probably from _sinil_,
a plural article pronoun; _ts[)i]n_, a timber; and _ceza'_, a point.

_qo[.g]an c[)i]tcoli_--round, inclosed hut. Both this term and the
preceding are used to designate the ordinary dwelling hut, but the
former is more commonly used.

_qaa'a_--east.

_cacaa_--south.

_i[ng]i[ng]a_--west.

_naqokos_--north.

_nani_--flat, bevel.

_iiai_--vertical.

_h[)i]'nia'_--slanting.

_nanaai_--a long straight object, as a timber.

_cacaace naai_--south timber. }
_i[ng]i[ng]ace naai_--west timber. } The (five) principal
_naqokosce naai_--north timber. } timbers composing the frame,
_tci[ng][)e]cince naai_-- } collectively called--
doorway timbers (two). }

_tsaci_--frame. Sometimes these timbers are called--

_cacaadje naai_, _i[ng]i[ng]adje naai_, etc. _ce_ means "here," or
"brought here;" _dje_ means "there" or "set there." The western timber
is also specially designated--

_bigidje nolkac_, brought together into it; an allusion to its function
as the main support of the frame, as the other two timbers rest within
its spreading fork. The two doorway timbers are also designated as
north or south timber respectively. They are a