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as follows: 1 governor, or cacique; 1 lieutenant governor; 1 alcalde; 
1 alguacil; a captain of the pueblo; 7 War captains; and 4 fiscales. 
He lists each officer by name: Each had a Spanish first name, but 
the second (last) name appears to be Indian (ibid., p. 178, n. 54). 
One of the shortcomings of Stevenson’s study of Sia is that we 
cannot identify with precision, from her account, the officers of that 
pueblo in the 1880’s. She mentions a Tiamunyi and his “vicar,’’ or 
assistant; two war priests, a War chief and his assistant; a governor 
and lieutenant governor; and a magistrate and his deputy. The 
War chief, governor, and magistrate and their respective assistants 
were appointed yearly; the others served for life (Stevenson, 1894, 
pp. 16-19). Her Tiamunyi is, of course, the head of the pueblo, the 
cacique; his “‘vicar’’ is, no doubt, a tcraikatsi (see below). There 
were only two War chiefs in Sia during the course of my study. I 
have discussed the matter of the two war priests and two War chiefs 
listed by Stevenson with a good Sia informant. He stated positively 
that when the Opi, or scalp takers, society was still in existence it 
had two heads who were called Opi hotcanyi (chiefs). They repre- 
sented Masewi and Oyoyewi, the twin war gods. They served for 
life. In addition to the Opi hotcanyi, there were two War captains 
appointed yearly by Tiamunyi. Stevenson’s war priests were then, 
without doubt, the Opi hotcanyi. They ceased to exist with the 
extinction of the Opi society, leaving the annually appointed War 
captains as the representatives of Masewi and Oyoyewl. 
Stevenson’s governor and his lieutenant correspond with my own 
findings. But I cannot identify her “magistrate and his deputy,” 
unless they be the fiscale and his lieutenant; she does not mention 
these latter by name. 
During the course of my study, 1928-57, Sia had the following 
officers: 1 Tiamunyi, or cacique; 3 tcraikatsi, who are the Tiamunyi’s 
assistants; 2 war chiefs; 4 gowatcanyi, helpers of the war chiefs; 1 
governor, or ‘‘Dapop;’”’ 1 lieutenant governor, Dapop teniente; 4 
capitani, or assistants to the governor; | fiscale mayor, a church offi- 
cial; and 1 fiscale teniente. All these officers, with the exception of 
Tiamunyi and the tcraikatsi, are appointed by the Tiamunyi. The 
term of office is usually for 1 year, but sometimes Tiamunyi asks the 
officers to serve another term instead of appointing new officers. 
All appointments are made without regard to clan affiliation. 
In a sense, the heads of the sacred and secret societies—or at least 
the more important of them—might be counted as officers inasmuch 
as they exercise considerable influence in the government of the 
pueblo. Tiamunyi is not supposed to appoint the head of any 
society to a pueblo office, although other members may be chosen. 
This might be interpreted as indicating that the heads of societies are 
