46 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



Another village of the A'shiwi was Ma".sakia/' standing- on a knoll 

 less than 2 miles east of the present Zufii. After a time the A'shiwi 

 concluded that they were a little too far east for the center of the 

 world. They aliandoned their villages about Ma"sakia and built the 

 town of Hal'ona (Ant place). Finally the *Kian'astepi (Plydrotrechus 

 remigis), who came from the south, relieved the Zunis of all anxiety 

 by spreading his legs and declaring the Middle of the world to be 

 directly beneath his heart. So the town of I'tiwanna (middle) was 

 built, as indicated by *Kian'astepi, where the present pueblo of Zuiii 

 stands, on the opposite bank of the river from Hal'ona. I'tiwanna and 

 Hal'ona are frequently referred to as one and the same place. 



The et'tone of the Kia'kwemosi rests in the room which is directly 

 west of and below the ceremonial chamber of the Kiakwe amosi 

 (Directors of the liouse of houses), and is supposed to be the spot over 

 which *Kian'astepi's heart rested, and therefore tlie Middle of the 

 world. 



He'patina, a shrine a short distance southwest of the village, symbol- 

 izes the Middle of the world. The Middle place, where the et'tone of 

 Kia'kwemosi rests, is regarded as too sacred to be referred to, except 

 by the Kiakwe amosi themselves. 



Origin of the Ko'tikili 



A time came when Pau'tiwa, director-general of the Kok'ko, desired 

 that the A'shiwi should be made personally acquainted with their gods, 

 and that they learn in detail of their coming to this world and their 

 migrations after reaching here. Pau'tiwa therefore chose *Kiaklo, 

 his deputy, as narrator; and, in obedience to him, *Kiaklo passed from 

 Ko'thluwala'wa to I'tiwanna on the backs of the Ko'yemshi.* He 

 related to the A'shiwi the history of their coming to this world and 

 their quest for the Middle place, and declared to the A'shiwi, before 

 he departed, that in eight days all of the others (referring to the 

 ancestral gods) would come from Ko'thluwala'wa, when they must be 

 prepared to receive them, adding: " You must build six chambers, one 

 for each of the six regions, which shall ])e dedicated to the Kok'ko." 



After the departure of *Kiaklo the A'shiwi hastened to work, and the 

 six chambers, which were called ki'wi'siwe, one for each region, were 

 in readiness when he reappeared to them. *Kiaklo visited each of the 

 six ki'wi*^^siwe remaining a short time in each, to announce the coming 

 of the gods, and again departed over the western road to Ko'thlu- 

 wala'wa; not, however, before a man of the Dogwood clan had exam- 

 ined ^Kiaklo's mask, afterward making one like it. 



The first body of A'shiwanni and others were gathered in He'iwa 



a The first syllable, raa, from mawe (salt), so named from a Shi'wi, who, looking about the country 

 soon after the people had settled at this point, discovered the Siilt Mother near by. 

 6 See p. 33. 



