88 Field Museum of Natural History — Anth., Vol. XI. 



Explanation. 



1 For the meaning of Payatamu see Explanation i , previous song. 



2 It will be noticed that the first words in each stanza are the only 

 ones in which the six verses differ. They are kowiya, wuniya, nuukiya, 

 haniya, touniya and waaya. They, as well as the other words in the 

 song, are archaic and no reliable information about their meaning 

 could be obtained beyond the fact that they refer to the six ceremonial 

 cardinal points, north, west, south, east, above and below (see note i 

 under the second song). In my opinion the words in this and the 

 other songs and the entire songs that are not understood by the Hopi, 

 are generally not archaic Hopi words or songs, but have been intro- 

 duced from the Pueblo Indians on the Rio Grande. 



