66 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



breath of life, so that after death the}' might enter the dance house 

 at Ko'thhiwala'wa before proceeding to the undermost world whence 

 they came. 



Pau'tiwa decided that one of the g-ods must go to I'tiwanna (site of 

 the present Zufii) to relate to the people their history after leaving 

 the undermost world and to prepare them for the coming of the 

 gods to bless the male children with the sacred breath of life that 

 they might enter into the everlasting happiness of the sacred dance 

 house. 'Kiiiklo was chosen as a sagacious god to perform this service. 

 Before he started on his mission, Pau'tiwa gave him a duck skin 

 filled with seeds, with shells about its neck, to be used as a rattle. He 

 was carried to I'tiwanna by the ten Ko'yemshi, who sang to him as they 

 proceeded, each Ko'yemshi taking his turn at bearing *Kiaklo on his 

 back, 



A bod}^ of four men have this history myth in their keeping. Two 

 of them must be of the Dogwood clan and the two others must be chil- 

 dren of the same clan — that is, their paternal parents must belong to 

 this clan.'^' The men of the Dogwood clan may belong to either the 

 Parrot or the Kaven division of the clan.* Upon the death of a 

 member of this organization a successor is chosen by the first body of 

 A'shiwanni and the director of the organization. Death is the pun- 

 ishment for betra3'al of the trust reposed in these men. This organi- 

 zation meets foiu' consecutive nights until midnight in the months of 

 February and March to rehearse the iliad of their race. They meet 

 one month in the house of a member of the Dogwood clan, and the 

 next month in the house of a child of the Dogwood clan. The first 

 body of A'shiwanni holds meetings simultaneous with those of this 

 organization. Phune offerings to the Council of the Gods and et'towe 

 (see page 163) are prepared at these meetings. 



The drama occurs quadrennially, beginning in April, by direction, 

 as is supposed, of the Council of the Gods, when a member of the 

 organization takes his turn in personating ^Kitiklo, the performance 

 being an exact representation of the visit of 'Kiaklo and the other 

 gods of rti wanna. 



The ceremonial begins with the ten Ko'yemshi and the personator 

 of ^Kiiiklo visiting their shrines, located at the base of the knoll upon 

 which the shrines dedicated to the Council of the Gods stand. At 

 the rising of the morning star the personators of the Ko'yemshi, well 

 laden with food collected from the people of the village, go to their 

 shrine, where they deposit te'likinawe. After making a fire they 

 group themselves about it and enjoy their f-east. The personator 

 of ''Kiaklo, following a little later, deposits plumes at his shrine, 



b At the time the writer secured this myth the director of the body, a man about 30 years of age. 

 was a member of the Parrot division of the Dogwood chm. The other keeper from this clan, who is 

 much oider, belonged to the Raven division of the clan. The two remaining were respectively 

 members of the Corn and Frog clans. 



