STEVENSON] PLANTING OF Te'lIKINAWE 171 



All the prayers, which are repeated in low and inipre.'ssive tones, 

 are much the same, the burden being- that the incomino- shi'wanni may 

 be pure of heart, live the straight life indicated by the line of pollen 

 and beads;" and so please A'wonawil'ona, who is life itself, that the 

 people may be blessed with much rain so that all seeds may develop; and 

 that they may have long life, without death, and grow to that old age 

 when one sleeps to awake young again in Ko'thluwala'wa (abiding- 

 place of the Council of the Gods). It could not be discovered that 

 any other special instruction was given to the novice. The syml)olic 

 lines over the deerskin seemed to be so full of meaning- as to render 

 spoken words unnecessar3\ 



Many pleasantries and jokes are indulged in under the breath during 

 the long ritual, and conmiercial tobacco is constantly smoked by those 

 who are waiting their turn. The only service performed by the Shi'- 

 wano"kia is the supplying of corn husks from an adjoining room for 

 the smokers. 



At the close of the ceremony, which continues six hours, the new 

 associate shi'wanni, who remains in position four hours, and showing no 

 signs of exhaustion until the last moment, is escorted to his dwelling, 

 the wife's house, by the elder and younger brother Bow priests. There 

 is no further ceremony over him until he meets with the Kia'kwemosi 

 and other associates in the winter retreat, when the dual fetish 'kia'et'- 

 tone and chu'et'tone is placed in his hands that he may draw from it 

 the sacred breath. 



Prepakatiox and Planting ok Te'likixawr 



The preparation and planting of te'likinawe are among the princi- 

 pal features of Zufii worship and ritual. Thousands of these plume 

 offerings are made annually. Every god and goddess in the Zuni pan- 

 theon receives his or her particular ott'erings, which are readily dis- 

 tinguished by them. Individual oti'erings are insigniHcant compared 

 with those made by the various fraternities and organizations. 



The first body of A'shiwanni make oflerings each month at the 

 appropriate points of the compass. At each place an excavation is 

 made, in depth equal to the length of the arm of the man who removes 

 the earth, and te'likinawe, with meal ground from toasted sweet 

 corn and kia'waiawe (praj-er meal) are deposited. The sweet corn is 

 tirst sprinkled into the opening, then the pra3'er meal, after which 

 te'likinawe are planted to the sun, moon, deceased predecessors, and 

 others. The portion of the stick symbolizing the face alwa3's faces the 

 east. The elder and younger brother Bow priests make additional 

 offerings to the lightning-makers of the six regions, the A'pi'Hiishiwanni 

 becoming after death colaborers with Ku'pishtaya, the lightniug- 



oThis straight road must be followed in order to receive the gifts of the gods. 



