very
seldom, it was obliterated by sifting the ground color over it. Each
artist endeavored to finish his special design first, and there was
considerable betting as to who would succeed. The rapidity with which
these paints are handled is quite remarkable, particularly as most of the
lines are drawn entirely by the eye. After the completion of the painting,
each figure being three and a half feet long, corn pollen was sprinkled
over the whole by the song priest. (See illustration, Pl. CXXIII.)

The corn stalk in the picture signifies the main subsistence of life; the
square base and triangle are clouds, and the three white lines at the base
of the corn stalk denote the roots of the corn. The figures of this
picture are each 3-1/2 feet in length. These are the Zenichi (people of
the white rock with a red streak through it) and their wives. Their homes
are high in the canyon wall. The black parallelogram to the west of the
painting designates a red streak in the rock in which are their homes. The
delicate white lines indicate their houses, which are in the interior or
depths of the rock, and can not be seen from the surface. This canyon wall
is located north of the Ute Mountain. These people of the rocks move in
the air like birds. The red portion of the bodies of the Zenichi denote
red corn; the black portion black clouds. The red half of the face
represents also the red corn; the blue of the bodies of the others denote
vegetation in general, and the yellow, pollen of all vegetation. The
zigzag lines of the bodies is lightning; the black lines around the head,
zigzagged with white, are cloud baskets that hold red corn, which is
stacked in pyramidal form and capped with three eagle plumes. There are
five feathers of the red and black shafted flicker (_Colapteo cafer_) on
either side of the head. A lightning bow is held in the left hand, the
right holds a rattle ornamented with feathers. The females carry in their
hands decorated baskets and sprigs of pinon, and they wear white leggings
and beaded moccasins. The Zenichi never dance. These gods are also called
Zaadoljaii, meaning rough mouth, or anything that protrudes roughly from
the mouth. (The mouth and eyes of these gods protrude.) The rainbow
goddess is represented at the north and south end of the painting. The
corn stalk has two ears of corn, while the original stalk had 12 ears. Two
of these ears the gods gave to the younger brother of the Tolchini when
they comma