72 THE SIA. 



ho'naaite of each society was furnished with medicine by the two war- 

 riors, this medicine being bits of the hearts of the enemies destroyed; 

 a portion of each heart being given to each ho'naaite. 



Ma'asewe then organiized the Ope Society (Warriors), designating 

 himself as the ho'naaite' of the society and his brother as its vicar. 

 He then appointed six men members of the society, to reside for all 

 time in the six high mountains of the world, that they might look from 

 the six cardinal points and discover bad people, and inform the Sia of 

 an approaching enemy. These six men, in conjunction with Ma'asewe 

 and U'yuuyewe, guide the arrows of the Sia when contending with the 

 enemy. It will be remembered it was stated in the "Sia Cosmogony" 

 that Ma'asewe and U'yuuyewg went to reside in the interior of the 

 Sandia mountain. 



When these societies had been formed, the animal societies assembled 

 at the white house and taught the ho'naaites their medicine songs; 

 previous to this, when the Sia were ill, they received their medicine 

 direct from the animals, the animals officiating and singing. After in- 

 structing the Sia in their songs, they told them to make stone images 

 of themselves, that passing over the road of meal they might enter 

 these images; and so the Indians are sure of the presence of the ani- 

 mals. The beings pass over the Une of meal, entering the fetiches, 

 where they remain until the close of a ceremonial, and then depart over 

 the line. 



The secret of the fire was not brought to this world, and the fire so- 

 ciety was originated here in this way. The people grew tired of feed- 

 ing about on grass, like the deer and other animals, and they consulted 

 together as to how fire might be obtained. It was finally decided by 

 the ti'iimoni that a coyote was the best person to steal the fire from the 

 world below, and he dispatched a messenger for the coyote. Upon mak- 

 ing his appearance the ti'iimoni told of the wish of himself and his peo- 

 ple for iire, and that he wanted bim to return to the world below and 

 bring the fire, and the coyote replied, "It is well, father; I will go." 

 Upon reaching the first entrance of the house of Sus'sistinnako (it was 

 the middle of the night), the coyote found the snake who guarded the 

 door asleep, and he quickly and quietly slipped by; the cougar who 

 guarded the second door was also asleep, and the bear who guarded the 

 third door was sleeping. Upon reaching the fourth door he found the 

 ho'naaite of the fire asleep, and, slipping through, he entered the room 

 and found Sus'sistinnako also soundly sleeping; he hastened to the 



1 The lio'naaite, in this instance, is not, strictly speaking, the theurgist, for the priest-doctor of the 

 society of warriors practices surgery exclusively, such as extracting balls and arrows, while the 

 theurgist has to deal with aflSictions caused hy witchcraft and the anger of certain animals and in- 

 sects, he acting simply as the agent of the prey animals. The functions of the ho'naaites of the 

 Koshai'ri and Quer'riinna also differ from those of the other societies. As these two societies received 

 their songs and medicine directly from the sun, they are not entitled to the slat altars used in cere- 

 monials and given by ttt's^t to the societies in the lower world; only those ho'naaites who practice 

 through the power of the prey animals possess the sand paintings. The Warriors, Koshai'ri and 

 t^uer'riinua, make their cloud emblems of meal. 



