138 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



orated with eagle plumes and feathers of the birds of the six regions. 

 This game must be held until Pau'tiwa deposits it after leaving the 

 pueblo at sunset. Pau'tiwa also has in his left hand a kia'puli 'hla'si- 

 tonne (a twig, suggestive of the Navaho scalp, ".having a crow's 

 feather and owl plume attached, which must have dropped from the 

 birds). 



Pau'tiwa proceeds with a slow, even tread. He circles round the 

 village four times, coil fashion. The first circle is a short distance 

 from the village, the last through the streets of the town. After the 

 fourth circuit he stops beside a house on the east side of the village. 

 A stone slab, 8 bv 12 inches, concealing a recess in the wall is removed 

 by the matron of the house and laid on the ground some minutes pre- 

 vious to the arri^'al of Pau'tiwa. A man of the Sun clan and two of 

 the Dogwood clan, one grandfather to the other, form a group l)v the 

 house on this occasion. The man of the Sun clan personates Pau'tiwa's 

 father; the others, his elder and j^ounger brothers. The younger 

 brother assists Pau'tiwa to detach the te'likinawe to ])e deposited in 

 the recess which runs some 2^ feet along the wall and is S or 10 inches 

 deep. Much of this space is filled with these offerings previously 

 deposited, man}^ of them looking quite as fresh as the new ones.'^ 



The te'likinawe deposited by Pau'tiwa are offered to the sun and 

 moon, to the former the blue stick and to the latter the yellow. The 

 upper ends of both are beveled to represent the face; three black dots 

 denote the eyes and mouth. These offerings are for the increase and 

 perpetuation of vegetable and animal life, especially that of the 

 Zunis. The plumes are deposited with prayers, and then Pau'tiwa 

 sprinkles them with meal which he carries in his belt and proceeds to 

 a house on the north side of the village. 



As soon as Pau'tiwa leaves, the matron of the house appears, carry- 

 ing a small copper kettle of plaster. The younger brother of Pau'- 

 tiwa after replacing the slab in the wall hastens after the party, leaving 

 the woman to secure it with the plaster; she leaves no trace of the 

 excavation. The ceremony of depositing te'likinawe is- repeated at 

 houses on the north, west, and south sides of the village, and at two 

 houses in the inner streets for the zenith and nadir. When these 

 offerings to the sun and moon have all been deposited, Pau'tiwa goes 

 to theHe'iwa ki'wi^sine as the sun is sinking behind the horizon. He is 

 received at the base of the outer ladder by Shits'ukia, Kwe'lele, and 

 the pe'kwin, who carries a basket filled with te'likinawe. The ladder 

 is sprinkled with meal b}^ Shits'ukia and the pe'kwin, and Pau'tiwa 

 sprinkles it as he ascends by throwing the meal up before him. 



«In times of hostility the Navahos pass about at night, like the owl, and inform the enemy of the 

 Zuiiis of their whereabouts. 



'' Mr Stevenson during his explorations among the ruins of the Southwest found many objects in 

 the walls of cliff and mesa houses which had been deposited in the same way. 



