168 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



Thirteenth shi^vanni, Corn clan; first associate, Corn clan; second associate, Corn 

 clan; third associate, Corn clan; fourth associate, a female, Corn clan. 



Fourteenth shi^wanni. Corn clan; first associate, Corn clan; second associate. Corn 

 clan; third associate, Corn clan; fourth associate, a female. Corn clan. 



Fifteenth shi'\vanni,« Coyote clan. 



Sixteenth shi^wanni,« Frog & clan. 



Installation of an Associate Shi'wanni of the North 



An elaborate cereaionial of installation occurs when the appointee 

 is received as an associate shi'wanni. He passes from this position to 

 that of shi'wanni without further ceremonial of special importance. 



The ceremonial described began about midday on December 13, 

 1896, in the ceremonial chamber of the Kia'kwemosi, where all such 

 ceremonies associated with the tirst body of A'shiwanni take place. 

 The man to be installed was a nephew of the Kia'kwemosi. He 

 belonged to the Dogwood clan, was married, and did not appear to l)e 

 over 20 years of age. Each shi'wanni was accompanied by his male 

 associates; and each director of a fraternitj", having been notified in 

 the early morning by the elder brother Bow priest, was accompanied 

 by his fellow-officers. The Shi'wano"kia and the writer were the 

 only women present. In most cases a fraternity has but one warrior, 

 owing to the limited membership of the A'pi"lashiwanni. The onlj" 

 fraternity not represented as a body is the A'pi^lashiwanni, the mem- 

 bers of this organization appearing separately with the other fraterni- 

 ties to which the}^ are allied as warriors. 



The first body of the A'shiwanni, including the first associate of 

 the Kia'kwemosi, the elder brother Bow priest and the Shi'wano"kia, 

 have seats in the south end of the room and east of the doorway. As 

 each division of A'shiwanni or group of a fraternity arrives it finds 

 seats which are most agreeable on the ledge which extends around 

 the room^ and after the ledge is filled seats are taken on the floor, 

 the room becoming crowded. 



Great ceremony is observed on entering the chamber. As the 

 groups come in each man of a group greets those present, who in 

 return make response. The second party of the group entering does 

 not extend this greeting until that of the first one has been responded 

 to. Moccasins are removed after entering the room. The Kia'kwe- 

 mosi acts as master of ceremonies until the arrival of the younger 

 brother Bow priest, whose duty it is to look to the seating and to see 

 that no one sleeps during the long ritual. The associate shi'wanni to 

 the Kia'kwemosi spreads a large blanket on the floor near the first 

 body of A'shiwanni and places on the blanket a large, fine white buck- 



a These are extinct. The two fit'towe of these shi'wanni are the ones referred to as remaining 

 permanently in sealed vases. 



b The writer believes when a specimen is secured and examined it will be found to be a toad and 

 not a frog. Until then she gives the common translation of the Indian word tii'kla (frog). 



