White] THE PUEBLO OF SIA, NEW MEXICO 131 
WAR CHIEFS’ HELPERS 
War chiefs’ helpers are called gowatcanyi, or tsatya gowatcanyi. 
Gowatcanyi is plural; gaotcanyi, singular. There is no English 
equivalent for this term. Tsatya is said to mean “outside” (ef. 
White, 1942 a, pp. 102-103). There are four such helpers. They 
bear the following titles: Tsamahfya, Cinohaiya, Yumahiya, and 
Awahiya. As we noted in ‘Cosmology and Pueblo Life,” these are 
the names of spirits of the cardinal points: north, west, south, and 
east, respectively. The gowatcanyi are appointed by the cacique, 
but not every year; they usually serve for 4 years: ‘serving as 
tsatya gowatcanyi is a good way to learn how to serve as war captain.” 
But it does not necessarily follow that because a man has served as 
gaotcanyi he will eventually be appointed War captain, and, con- 
versely, one might be appointed War captain without having served 
as gaotcanyl. 
The gowatcanyi are the helpers of the War chiefs. They run 
errands for them, see that orders are carried out, and in some cases 
“act for” the war chiefs. 
GOVERNOR 
(Pl. 5) 
The governor is called Da-pop. The office of governor is of Span- 
ish institution, as we have seen, and it would seem that Dapop would 
be a non-Keresan word, but we do not know its derivation; its English 
equivalent, so far as we know, is “governor.” 
The governor is appointed yearly, without regard to clan affilia- 
tion, by cacique. He has two staffs of office. They are canes of 
European culture. Both have silver heads, and both are varnished 
in a very dark hue. One cane is said to have been given to the gover- 
nor “long ago by the King of Spain.’”’ The other was presented to 
the governor by “A. Lincoln, President of the United States, 1863,” 
and is so inscribed. Each cane has a few short ribbons, each of a 
different color, tied to it near its head. The governor carries both 
canes when he appears in a ceremony or upon some other official 
occasion; when not in use they are usually hung upon a wall, in full 
full view, in his residence. The canes are passed on from one gover- 
nor to the next at the time of installation. 
The governor’s duties fall into two categories: (1) He has charge of 
the pueblo’s relations with non-Indian outsiders, such as Spanish- 
and Anglo-Americans, the Roman Catholic Church, the United 
States Government, and organizations within contemporary American 
society; and (2) of social affairs of the people of Sia that lie outside 
