128 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



four days shall have passed ashes ma}^ be carried outside, or that the 

 tesh'kwi (fast) closes. After visiting the ki'wi'siwe he disappears 

 over the western road. Each day one line of the meal is rubbed off 

 b}' the otaikia mo'sona. 



During- the fourteenth day the first body of A'shiwanni, the Ko'mo- 

 sona, Ko'pekwin, the two Ko'piHashiwanni, and the fire-tender are 

 engaged in the He'iwa ki'wi*sine preparing te'likinawe to the Council 

 of the Gods, the six Sha'liiko, four Sa'ya*hlia. and Bi"'si*si. Those to 

 the latter are designated mo'lawe a'wan te'likinawe, they being asso- 

 ciated with Bi"*si^si, the original mo'sona of the Galaxy fraternit}^ at 

 the time of his appearance in the festival of the mo'lawe.* In addition 

 to these offerings, others are made every four years to *Kiaklo,* and 

 to the Kia'nakwe,'" who are personated quadrennially. At the same 

 time the A'wan ta"chu Ko'yemshi^ is chosen from the designated fra- 

 ternity by the elder brother Bow priest, who is also Shi'wanni of the 

 Nadir, the several fraternities alternating annually; and while it is 

 customary for the A'wan ta"chu Ko'yemshi to select his nine asso- 

 ciates from the fraternity to which he belongs, they are sometimes 

 chosen at large from the people. 



The Great Fire fraternity is also assembled in the ki'wi^sine at this 

 time, with other members. The mo'sona of this fraternity directs two 

 of its members to visit *Kia'nanaknana, a spring at the black rocks 

 east of Zuni, and collect water. A gourd jug covered with a net- 

 work of cotton cord, with four fluffy white eagle plumes attached, is 

 handed to one of the men, who holds it in his left hand and receives 

 four te'likinawe in his right. These plume offerings are to the Sun 

 Father, deceased Kia'kwe amosi (rain priests) of the North (rain 

 priests of the Zenith), and rain priests of the Nadir. The second man 

 receives four te'likinawe to the Sun Father, deceased rain priests of 

 the West, South, and East, which he carries in his left hand, while in 

 his right he has a rhombus, which he whirls as he follows the other 

 man to the spring. The leader carries meal in his belt, which he 

 throws before him as he proceeds. Reaching the spring, the te'likinawe 

 are deposited, and the jug is filled with water. 



The same morning the Ko'mosona selects a man of the Deer clan and 

 one of the Corn clan to visit a spring at *Kiap'kwena (Ojo Caliente). 

 The man of the Deer clan leads. He carries in his left hand a water 

 jug similar to that borne by the member of the Great Fire fraternity, 

 and five te'likinawe, which are to be offered to Council of the Gods. 

 In his right hand he carries a rhombus. The man of the Corn clan 

 carries in his left hand a similar jug and five te'likinawe, as offer- 

 ings to Council of the Gods and the Sha'lako. He carries a rhombus 



a See Annual festival of the Sha'liiko, p. 277. 



b See Origin of ancestral gods, p. 33. 



cSee Destruction of the Kia'nakwe and songs of thanksgiving, p. 36. 



