144 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



The two gods sit facing east. The wor'li lights a reed cigarette of 

 native tobacco and waves it to the six regions, each time taking a puff. 

 He then hands it to one of the gods, who pushes back his mask and 

 repeats tlie puffing of the cigarette, also motioning it to the six 

 regions, and then returns the cigarette to the wor'li, who again 

 extends it to the six regions, puffing each time. He next hands it 

 to the second god, who repeats the performance and returns the 

 cigarette to the wor'li, who now deposits it in a basket tray. The 

 wor'li then inquires of the gods: " Why are 3"ou here?" The gods 

 reply: "1 come that you may raise much corn and all things to eat, 

 that you maj' have man}" children, that 3'ou ma}" be happy, and to tell 

 you that the gods will be here on the fourth night; prepare for them.-"' 

 A long pra^^er is then repeated b}" these gods in the ai'chaic tongue 

 and in it a history is given of their coming to this world and of their 

 migrations, the springs they passed, etc. 



The Sha'lako wor'we and two men who are to act as the Sha'lako and 

 his younger brother each give te'likinawe to the gods. The elder 

 brother god, standing about the center of the room, now draws four 

 parallel lines of meal extending east and west, and places a cigarette 

 which he carries and a corn-husk package of meal on the south line. 

 The gods now leave the ki'wi'sine, the wor'li takes the package of meal 

 and cigarette, and all present smoke the cigarette and wave it to the 

 six regions for rain. The wor'li carries the package of meal home with 

 him. The ceremony described is repeated in each ki'wi'sine visited, 

 except that no package of meal is left. Then they return to the 

 He'iwa and disrobe. 



There may be some dances in the plaza during the tour of these gods, 

 but these have no direct connection with the gods or with what they 

 have to say. The two who make the announcement of the coming of 

 the gods deposit the te'likinawe given them on the banks of the river 

 in an excavation the depth of an arm to the Council of the Gods and 

 the rain-makers. The excavation is covered after meal has been 

 sprinkled in it. 



It is the business of two men in each ki'wi^sine to collect the dancers. 

 These men are called o'taikia pe'yenakwe (dance talkers). They address 

 the men the}" wish to have dance. The men often decline, but after- 

 ward yield to persuasion. The same men take part as often as the 

 Kor'kokshi dance of a ki'wi'sine is repeated, as others who have not 

 rehearsed the songs would not be sufficiently familiar with them. On 

 the fourth afternoon following the announcement by the two gods they 

 repeat their tour of the ki'wi'siwe, remaining but a short time in each 

 one, to announce that the gods, referring to the Kor'kokshi, will come 

 at night, and this night is referred to as Kok'ko A'wan i'tiwannan 

 (great gods in the middle, meaning that the great gods come in the 

 middle of the year). 



