ers which form the _tsaci_ or frame, beginning with
the south doorway timber. He rubs the meal only on one place, as high up
as he can reach easily, and then does the same successively on the south
timber, the west timber, the north timber, and the north doorway timber.
While making these gifts, as the proceeding is termed, the man preserves
a strict silence, and then, as with a sweeping motion of his hand from
left to right (_cab[)i]kego_, as the sun travels) he sprinkles the meal
around the outer circumference of the floor, he says in low measured
tones--

_Qojonli_ _co[.g]an_
May it be delightful my house;

_C[)i]ts[)i]'dje_ _qojonli_
From my head may it be delightful;

_C[)i]kece_ _qojonli_
To my feet may it be delightful;

_Ciyace_ _qojonli_
Where I lie may it be delightful;

_C[)i]kig[)i] caltso_ _qojonli_
All above me may it be delightful;

_C[)i]na caltso_ _qojonli_
All around me may it be delightful.

He then flings a little of the meal into the fire, saying--

_Qojonli hoce_ _c[)i]ko[ng]_
May it he delightful and well, my fire.

and tosses a handful or two up through the smoke hole, saying--

_Qojonli_ _Tci[ng]hanoai_ _c[)i]ca nai[)i]cni'_
May it be delightful Sun (day carrier), my mother's ancestor,
for this gift;

_Qojonli_ _nacale_ _co[.g]an_
May it be delightful as I walk around my house.

Then two or three handfuls of meal are sprinkled out of the doorway
while he says--

_Qojonli_ _ca[)e]'cin_ _c[)i]ca_
May it be delightful this road of light, my mother's ancestor.

The woman then makes an offering to the fire by throwing a few small
handfuls of meal upon it, and as she sprinkles it she says in a subdued
voice--

_Qojonli_ _c[)i]ko[ng]_
May it be delightful my fire;

_Qojonli_ _caltcini_ _caltso yahoce_
May it be delightful for my children; may all be well;

_Qojonli_ _cibeacan_ _caltso yahoce_
May it be delightful with my food and theirs; may all be well;

_caltso c[)i]nalgeya_ _yahoce colel'_
All my possessions well may they be made
(that is, may they be made to increase);

_caltso c[)i]l'i[ng]_ _yahoce colel'_
All my flocks