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3^ou boys have a good time and do not be ang•r3^'" Pi''*lashiwanni 

 speaks: ''I come to tell you to-night that in eight days everyone will 

 be happy and have a good time; men should trade wives.'' " There are 

 further remarks of obscene character. The pe'kwin (deputy to Great 

 Father) closes with the following speech: "Night, my father, night, 

 my mother, 3'ou have come a little near." He means that it is earl}^ in 

 the night. Addressing the Zunis, he continues: ''In eight days my 

 people will come [referring to their ancestors]. All will come from 

 Ko'thluwala'wa and A'witen te'hula (fourth world). Even the old men 

 too feeble to walk will come leaning on a cane, the mother with her son 

 walking before her, her child led by the hand, her younger child car- 

 ried on her back, the infant in her arms, and her unborn child — all will 

 come hither to see }'ou. They will see 3'ou, but \"ou will not see them; 

 the}^ will not be in the flesh, ])ut in the ghost self." 



In the old time the people from Ko'thluwala'wa and A'witen te'hula 

 appeared in the flesh, but their presence caused great mortality among 

 the A'shiwi, which distressed the A'shiwanni, and therefore they of the 

 ghost world decided to come thereafter onl}- in the spirit, and so the 

 gods instructed the people to wear masks like those worn by them- 

 selves, when they would come in spirit and abide for a time in the per- 

 sonators of themselves. The Zunis have their mediums, gifted with 

 superior sight, who see the ghosts. 



The pe'kwin continues: "You must all work; the houses must be 

 completed; you must bring much wood. Make j'our moccasins and 

 clothes. Tell the women to whiten the walls and make their houses 

 beautiful for m}^ people, the gods who are to come. The Council of 

 the Gods will come in four days, and in eight da^'s the Sha'lilko wnll 

 come." After a few jokes from the others, they start for the Si'aa' 

 te'wita, sacred dance plaza, where they again form into a circle, with 

 two in the ring, and repeat what was said in the large plaza. 

 From the Si'aa' te'wita they go to the ko'china te'wita (rat plaza), 

 and from there to the He'kiapawa te'wita (back-wall plaza). The 

 same speeches are repeated in all the plazas. 



On leaving the He'kiapawa plaza the Ko'yemshi disappear on the 

 western road, but they soon return with masks, etc., under a covering 

 of blankets and go into the ceremonial chamber of the fraternity of 

 which the Great Father Ko'yemshi is a member. They do not leave 

 the house for eight da^^s, except to make certain announcements at 

 night regarding the coming of the gods and to collect wood. Each 

 morning nine of them go for wood, one always remaining in the 

 chamber. 



A member of the fraternity to which the Great Father belongs is 

 designated to secure the burros each day to bring the wood, each of 

 the nine men having one burro. The men ride the burros in going 



a Such practices are not common among the Zuiiis. 



