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one should always treat the cacique with kindness and respect. One 
should always be careful never to do anything that would offend him 
or say anything that would hurt his feelings. On rare occasions when 
he attends a meeting of the council one should be careful not to use 
any rough language that might offend him. On the other hand, the 
Tiamunyi should have only kindly and solicitous feelings toward his 
people; “he should never be hateful toward them.” Should the ca- 
cique be remiss in his duties, or conduct himself in a manner unbe- 
coming to his high office, he could be disciplined or punished. It 
would be the war captain’s duty to do this, but he would undoubtedly 
consult the heads of important societies, such as Flint, Giant, and 
Fire societies, and be guided by their advice. Informants knew of no 
instance in which a Tiamunyi had been disciplined, however. Steven- 
son (ibid., p. 17) states that the Sia ‘‘were chagrined”’ by the unseemly 
way their young Tiamunyi behaved, but does not say that they took 
any disciplinary action. 
Tiamunyi has a staff of office. According to Stevenson (ibid., p. 17), 
it is a ‘‘slender staff crooked at the end.”’ One of my informants called 
it hatcamonyi k’ayo-k’ *, which he translated “prayerstick bent.” 
Another said that it was ‘‘a yapi [staff] something like Masewi’s.”’ 
He also has “some kind of yaya [mothers],”’ 1.e., fetishes of some kind, 
but informants could, or would, give no information concerning them. 
Tiamunyi watches the sun rise, but informants differed on the 
details. One stated positively that he observed the sun every morn- 
ing, throwing petana to him with a prayer as his face appeared above 
the horizon. Another said that he makes his observations only to 
determine the times for the summer retreats (kacaidime), the fall 
harvests, and the solar ceremonies of hanyiko and hanyikikya. And 
a third added that Tiamunyi ‘‘watches the sun during Christmas 
week so that he can say ‘goodbye’ to it as it leaves this world on 
December 31 and to greet the new sun which arrives on January Ist.” 
At Sia the sun comes up over the Santa Ana mesa, which is marked 
with notches and prominences by means of which the course of his 
risings can be noted and followed with the eye. Tiamunyi always 
stands on a spot a little to the west of the rock that covers the entrance 
to the underground chamber (see p. 53). 
The hotcanitsa is the Tiamunyi’s official residence, or office. His 
sacred paraphernalia, whatever thay may be, are stored here, and it 
is here that important meetings, called by Tiamunyi, are held. Corn, 
raised on community land under the direction of the War chief, and 
meat from communal hunts, are stored in the hotcanitsa (figs. 8, 9). 
Tiamunyi and the tcraikatsi issue these stores as they are needed for 
ceremonial use. Also, Tiamunyi may issue corn to any family in dire 
need. 
