34 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



To those who followed the ^Hle'wekwe across the mystic waters the 

 Divine Ones called ''Wait until we speak;" and they charg-ed the 

 women not to be afraid of their children if they should pinch and bite, 

 if they would bring- them safely across the river. These children were 

 subjected to no change except that their toes and ting-ers became 

 webbed. The Divine Ones cut the webs with their stone knives, 

 restoring the feet and hands to the normal form. After the remainder 

 of the people had crossed the river, the Kia'kwemosi requested the 

 Divine Ones to descend into the lake and look after the lost children. 

 After the creation of the gods, which, according to Zuni belief, was the 

 beginning of the worship of the ancients, the A'wan til'^chu Ko'yem- 

 shi deemed it best that these gods should not appear outside the dance 

 house umnasked. lie therefore created masks l)y placing his finger 

 to his mouth and rubbing the spittle in a small spot on the floor of the 

 dance house, a mask appearing almost immediately each time the finger 

 touched the floor. Masks were made in this wa}^ for each god. 



On entering Ko'thluwala'wa the Divine Ones found all the newly 

 created gods wearing masks; but these were soon removed and placed 

 by their sides, and the Divine Ones addressed them as "my children;" 

 and the gods said "Sit down and tell us of our mothers.'' On learn- 

 ing that their mothers refused to be comforted they said: "Tell our 

 mothers not to grieve for us; we are not dead; we live and sing and 

 dance in this beautiful place. When they fall asleep they will wake 

 here and return to the undermost world wdience they came. Here we 

 work for our mothers and all our people, and we are very happy." 

 The}^ also said to the Divine Ones ''Look well at our masks and exam- 

 ine them;"" and the Divine Ones looked until they knew the masks 

 with their hearts; and said " El'lakwa cha'we (thanks, children)." On 

 .ascending from Ko'thluwala'wa the Divine Ones related to the Kia'kwe- 

 mosi what they had seen. 



After remaining for a time near Ko'thluwala'wa — which time might 

 be called the mythologic period, for, according to Zuni legend, they 

 were in personal conmnmication with their gods — the A'shiwi con- 

 tinued their travels, l)uilding villages from time to time, then desert- 

 ing them to push on to the Middle of the world. 



Origin of the Diminutive Gods of War 



The A'shiwi had proceeded less than a day's journey from Ko'thlu- 

 wala'wa, coming to the place that the}^ afterward called Han*lipinkia, 

 when smoke was discovered in the distance. "Ha!" exclaimed the 

 Kia'kwemosi, "there is a village. I wonder who these people are?" 

 "We will see" said the Divine Ones; and two members of the 

 Ne'wekwe ti'kili (Galaxy fraternity) were told to go ahead and hunt 

 a trail. The}^ refused, sa3nng: "We are fighting men and we ma}'" 



