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may orig-inally have been on this side of the village. The one for the 

 east is O'heSva (brains; this ki'wi*sine received its name from a certain 

 god who requested the people of his ki'wi^sine to make snowbird traps 

 and catch birds. Upon the god's return the birds were given to him, 

 and he requested the people of the ki'wi'sine to boil the l)irds and to 

 crush the kernels of squash seeds with water on a stone and throw 

 them into the pot with the birds. When the seeds l)oiled they 

 resembled brains, and the people named the ki'wi\sine after the scpiash 

 seed, calling it brains. Another version gives the name ''brains of 

 game''). Up'^sannawa (few people; derived its name from its mem- 

 bers being reduced), which is dedicated to the Zenith, and O'heSva are 

 east of the others, but they are hardly east of the center of the present 

 village. He'kiapa (back wall, referring to the opposite from the 

 east, which is always ''the before" with the Zunis) is dedicated to the 

 Nadir, and is on the west side of the village. When possilde, all cere- 

 monial chambers extend east and west, symbolic of the daily course of 

 the Sun Father. 



Each ki'wi'sine has its dance director, who is the superior of his 

 ki'wi'sine, and he leads the songs and dances, his position being 

 always midway the line of dancers, and a corps of wor'we (managers) 

 who are appointed for life, though they may be impeached for pit)per 

 cause. The o'taikia mo'sona decides when the dances of his ki'w ly- 

 sine shall occur, excepting at the time of the semiannual ceremonies 

 of the Kor'kokshi,« which are controlled by the Ko'mosona (director- 

 general) of the ki'wi'siwe after consulting with the first body of A'shi- 

 wanni (rain priests). In a sense the o'taikia mo'sona controls these 

 also, for though the Ko'mosona notities him that the dances nuist 

 occur, the specific time is decided upon when he communicates his 

 wish to one of the first body of A'shiwanni that his people Avill dance 

 for him— that is, the Kor'kokshi -of his ki'wi'sine will dance in connec- 

 tion with the retreat of the shi'wanni for rain. Each ki'wi'sine has 

 dances in association with one of the first body of A'shiwanni. The 

 dual system so complete with the Zunis is expressed in the couplino- 

 of the ki'wi*siwe. 



While the ki'wi*siwe are ordinarily referred to in the following 

 order— He'] wa as elder brother to Mu'he'wa, Chu'pawa as elder brother 

 to O'he'wa, and Up'^sannawa as elder brother to He'kiapawa— 

 they are difierently classified for the Kor'kokshi dances. He'iwa 

 is elder brother to O'he'wa, Mu'he'wa is elder brother to He'kia- 

 pawa, and Chu'pawa is elder brother to Up"sannawa when the 

 dances are produced in the He'iwa, Mu'he'wa, and Chu'pawa, the 

 younger brothers, according to the above relation, supply the god- 

 desses f or the Kor'kokshi This order is reversed when the O'he'wa, 



o Kor'kokshi (auncers for good) are the u'wannumi (rain-makers). 



