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six-fold classification made by the Tewa has been influenced by the fact 

 that they possessed maize of six colors; or rather, five, since "many- 

 colored maize" is simply maize in which grains of several colors grow 

 on the same cob. In addition to the six cardinal colors, intermediate 

 colors are recognized; see Color- adjective Compounds, p. 32. The 

 seventh variety, j/hiini^ or ¥y,p'inini (Fy,, maize; p'inini, midget, 

 dwarf, ' small, weazened person' appears to be from Spamsh. pigmeo, 

 New Mexican pronunciation pinineo, pigmy), is a kind of corn with 

 small ears and small yellowish- white grains. The Tewa state, how- 

 ever, that they have had this variety of corn from immemorial times. 

 The name has sometimes been translated "sweet corn" by the Ameri- 

 cans and maiz dulce by the Mexicans. The introduced sweet corn, 

 however, is distinguished as : 



K^-^, \l'ir), 'sweet corn' {¥11, maize; 'c*, sweet). Sweet Corn. New 

 Mexican Spanish maiz dulce. Hodge gives Ku'^aii-tdoa as a Sweet 

 Corn clan at San Ildefonso. 



At the present time (1912) the largest proportion of the corn raised 

 at Santa Clara is "blue" and "white". "Blue" corn, ¥y, tsQywi§H^y, 

 is almost black in coat-color, but, when ground, it produces a blue-pur- 

 ple meal. "Black " corn, ¥y, p'^niy^ has a dusty, gray -black surface. 

 Indian yellow corn, Vii isejiHy, is not raised at Santa Clara, but there 

 is a fine strain of it at Tesuque. One or two men at Santa Clara raise 

 American yellow corn. A dark-red variety mottled with black was 

 introduced four j^ears ago from Jemez. 



The Tewa of Hano distinguish the following strains, naming them 

 in the same order as do the Hopi: 



K'yXyn fse'i, yellow corn — North. 

 K'ylim tsdywsRH, blue corn — West. 

 K^ylliiii piH, red corn — South. 

 K'tdiin fs^H, white corn — East. 

 IC'y,Iy,mp'^''ni^ black corn — 'i Below. 

 K'yZunt^yms^geH, mixed-colored corn — ? Above. 

 P'^ininiF'ldy,^ dwarf corn. 



Meliy^ a dwarf corn cultivated by the ancestors; archaic name, 

 jele. 

 Intermediate colors are also named, as — 



]i?'\Ll'\L7fa''% gray corn. 

 K^yly^m pitssekiH, pink corn. 

 K^yZuui pijp^n% dark-red corn. 



Treatment op Cokn 



Corn is planted by the Rio Grande Tewa in April. As with all 

 other seeds, it should be sown under a waxing moon, so as to grow 

 with the moon; under a waning moon the seeds cease growing. Not 



