232 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



tc'Iikinane given him bj the pe'kwin in the He'iwa ki'wi'sine during 

 the winter solstice ceremonies and repeats with his chosen father the 

 ceremony said b}^ the pe'kwin over him. The Ko'3'emshi assemble 

 at the same time in the house of the Great Father Ko'\'emshi, who 

 repeats with each of his nine fellows the ceremon}^ with his plume 

 offering- that the pe'kwin held with him. The te'likinawe are then 

 returned to the basket tra}^ from which they were taken. 



On the following morning the Ko'3'emshi again gather in the Great 

 Father's house, and those who are to personate the Council of the Gods 

 and father of Shu'laawi'si assemble in the house of the personator of 

 Sa'yatiisha, the alternate of each man who personates a Sha'lako going 

 to his principal's house. All are bus}' preparing te'likinawe. Each man 

 makes four, except A' wan tii'Vhu Ko'yemshi, who makes only three, 

 having the one alread}' given him by the pe'kwin. The sticks of all the 

 Ko'yemshi are colored black, each having three eagle plumes, one 

 from the back of the neck, one from under the tail, and one banded 

 one, and feathers from the birds of the six regions. The te'likinawe 

 made b^^ the personators of the Council of the Gods have the sticks 

 colored black. The one given to Sa'vatiisha by the pe'kwin is painted 

 yellow. Each stick of these gods has three turkey plumes, one fluffy 

 eagle plume, and feathers of the birds of the six regions. Each Sha'lako 

 and his alternate prepare te'likinawe similar to those made at the 

 house of Sa'yatiisha. When the offerings are completed they are laid 

 in basket trays. The men return to their homes, where the head of 

 each is washed ])y the wife or some female member of the famil}-. 

 Returning for the te'likinawe, they all proceed to U'hana 4vianakwi 

 (Moss" spring), where Sa'3'atasha makes an excavation with an ancient 

 corn planter the depth of his arm to the elbow, and sprinkles in meal 

 coml)ined with turquoise, ko'hakwa (white shell beads), and al)alone 

 shell until the place is thickly covered, when each man deposits his 

 te'likinawe in the excavation, sprinkles them with meal, and prays. 

 The excavation is careful 1\' covered with earth l)y Sa'yatiisha. Conti- 

 nence must 1)0 observed during the four following days, the persona- 

 tors of the Council of the Gods spending each night luitil midnight in 

 the house of Sa'3'atasha. The Ko'vemshi deposit their te'likinawe in 

 an excavation bv a spring. There are man}" concreti')n fetishes at 

 this spring. The Ko'3'emshi spend these four nights until midnight 

 in the house of the Great Father, each alternate of a Sha'liiko going in 

 the same manner to the house of his Sha'lako. 



The spring visited in Februarv is some 6 or 7 miles south of Zuni, 

 in a most retired spot. The writer was there in the company of the 

 elder brother Bow priest, who claimed that no one who was not a 

 member of the Ko'tikili (mythologic fraternity) had before visited this 



a U'hana is also the Znni name for wool. 



