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46, 47. Ditto, ditto, with arrow flake.
48. Ditto, of sacred bluestone.
49. --------.
50. Ditto, of banded spar, and used as remarked under No. 8.
51. Ditto, ditto.
52. Concretion representing the Great Hunting G.o.d of the lower regions; the Mole (Ki-lu-tsi-wm), with white sh.e.l.l disks bound about neck and arrow point to the back.
53. Ditto, very small.
54. Piece of slag, slightly ground, to represent the Great Prey G.o.d of the upper regions, the Eagle, or Kia-kial-i wm.
55. Great pray G.o.d, in yellow rock material, rudely shaped and provided with necklace of arrow-point, white sh.e.l.l beads, &c.
56. Ditto, very rude, of sandstone, without appurtenances.
57. Ditto, conventionally carved, with aperture at back for suspension; fine-grained red stone.
58. Ditto, in blood-stained alabaster, inlaid at back, breast, and eyes with turquoise.
59. Ditto, in alabaster, with carbonate of copper inlaid as eyes, and arrow-point placed at back.
60. Ditto, carved quite elaborately.
61. Ditto (very small).
62. Ditto, in sandstone, very small, and with necklace.
63. Ditto, very elaborately carved, and represented sitting on the ancient knife used in war expeditions to insure successful elusion of enemies.
64. Representing a quadruped with straight tail, ears, mouth, and feet tipped with black; turquoise eyes set in.
65. Wild-cat.
66. Ditto.
67. Coyote.
68. Ditto.
69. Represents an animal with short tail, large arrow-head attached to right side; carved from hard gypsum.
70. Small quadruped, carved from gypsum, short tail, ears projecting forward.
71. Wild-cat.
72. Ditto, in alabaster.
73. Representing an animal with a long body, with a small sh.e.l.l ornament attached to its back; carved from gray soapstone.
74. Wolf-cat.
75. Long-bodied animal, with sh.e.l.l ornament attached to back.
76. Ditto, without ornament.
77. Represents a wolf carved from wood, with rude arrow-head attached to back.
78. Wolf.
79. Horse with saddle; white quartz; used in prayers to promote reproduction of herds. (Of Navajo importation.)
80. Animal with four outspreading limbs. Cut from small flat stone.
81. Coyote.
82. Wolf with arrow-head on back.
83. Quadruped with short thick body of fine-grained sandstone.
84. Similar to 83, with flint flake attached to body.
85. Probably designed for a wolf; flint flake on back.
86. Wild-cat.
87. Ditto.
88. Coyote.
89. Armlet of quartz crystal used in the formation of the medicine water of secret orders. Sai-a-ko-ma -tsh-kwin-ne.
90. Ditto, in calcareous spar.
91. Ditto, in the form of a small cat, for use before the altar during the same ceremonial. Sai-a-ko-ma -tsh-kwin-te-pi wm.
92. Ditto, in spar in the form of a pestle.
93. Ditto, in fine-ground, dark sandstone, in the form of a pestle.
94, 95. Small-banded spar pendants, used in the ceremonial described under No. 8.
96. Ditto, long, with a depression or groove about the middle.
97. One of the sacred ancient medicine stones. A-thl-s.h.i.+ (a small fossil ammonite).
