52 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. axn. 23 



and went into the He'iwa ki'wi'sine, where the A'shiwanni were 

 assembled. The Kia'kwemosi told Bi"*si'si of his wish, and he 

 said "Ho'o a'wa a'wili i'anna (I will look for them all);" and the 

 Kia'kwemosi replied ''El'lakwa (Thanks)." The words between the 

 Kia'kwemosi and Bi"*si^si were not spoken by the lips, but from the 

 heart. 



The A'shiwanni sat all night and all day in the ki'wi*sine, where there 

 was no tire. They spoke not a word with their lips, and they did 

 not eat, drink, or smoke. All their thoughts were given to the Corn 

 maidens and to rain. 



After leaving I'tiwanna, Bi"^si*si ascended a tall cottonwood tree^' and 

 looked all over the world. Finalh" he espied one of the maidens in the 

 far south through the separated plumes of one of the duck's wings.* 

 Descending from the tree, he hastened to tell the A'shiwanni and the 

 Gods of War of his discovery. Again he spoke not with his lips, but 

 with his heart. He was then carried by Yu'pia*hlan'na (Galaxy), 

 who bowed to the earth to receive him, to Ke'yatiwa, and descending 

 to the earth, he walked Avith great dignity, his arms crossed, to meet 

 Pau'tiwa, to whom he spoke: "The A'shiwanni wish the A'towa 

 e'washtokii' to come to them." The Corn maidens, hearing the words 

 of Bi"'si*si, refused to go, sa3dng "We are afraid." But Pau'tiwa 

 said: "Your A'wan a'taVhu (Great Fathers, meaning the A'shiwanni) 

 want ,you; you must go." All spoke with their hearts; hearts spoke 

 to hearts, and lips did not move. 



Bi"'^^si'si returned to I'tiwanna, followed by the A'wan til'Vhu Ko'- 

 yemt-hi, Pau'tiwa, and the Corn maidens; the gods and Corn maidens 

 remaining at Ku'shilowa, a few rods east of I'tiwanna, while Bi"*si'si 

 went direct to the ki'wi'sine, where the A'shiwainii, who were still 

 assembled, sat in line at the west end of the room and back of the 

 cloud syml)ol of meal made by the pe'kwin. Their miwachi'' were on 

 the meal painting, and a line of meal extended from the cloud s3'mbol 

 to the ladder leading from the hatchway to the floor of the ki'wi*sine. 

 A basket containing six te'likinawe stood by the meal painting — one 

 yellow, for the Yellow Corn maiden of the North; one blue, for the 

 Blue Corn maiden of the West; one red, for the Red Corn maiden of 

 the South; one white, for the White Corn maiden of the East; another 

 white dotted in all colors, for the Every-color Corn maiden of the 

 Zenith, and a black one, for the Black Corn maiden of the Nadir. 



aOne or two A'shiwanni claim that Bi"<si'si did not ascend the cottonwood tree, but traveled by 

 Yu'pia'hlan'na (Galaxy) south until he was over Ke'yatiwa; when, looking down, he discovered one 

 of the maidens through the separated feathers in the duck's wing. The first version, however, is 

 held by all the other A'shiwanni. 



6 It will be borne in mind that A'wan Ul"chu Ko'yemshi and Pau'tiwa had assumed the form of 

 ducks. 



c Singular mi'li, sacred fetish composed of au ear of corn surrounded by feathers. 



