280 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



The pe'kwin places his hands upon Bi"*si*si's shoulders, turns him to 

 the six regions, seats him, and makes a prayer over him. At this time 

 the Shi'wanni of the Nadir, who is also elder brother Bow priest, 

 leaves the ki'wi^sine, followed b}^ a man of his clan (Eao-le) whom he 

 calls younger brother, who carries the jug brought by Pau'tiwa, and by 

 the younger brother Bow priest, who carries a lighted brand of cedar 

 fiber about 1^ inches in diameter and several feet long. The Shi'wanni 

 of the Nadir whirls the rhombus as they proceed to He'patina, where 

 the water is emptied from the jug into one of the rain vases on the 

 upper floor of the shrine (see page 201). Each one also deposits te'lik- 

 inawe in the inclosure on the north side of the shrine, after which the 

 party returns to the ki'wi'sine. 



As soon as Pau'tiwa disappears from the plaza, the Great Father 

 Ko'yemshi leads the fourteen mo'lawe around in a circle, stopping 

 four times as he proceeds. They afterward form an arc of a circle, 

 which vanishes as they leave one by one for the ki'wi*sine. As 

 Pau'tiwa crosses the court the Great Father Ko'yem- 

 shi sprinkles the ladder with meal and the first of 

 the mo'lawe ascends and passes to the northeast cor- 

 ner of the roof of the ki'wi'sine, and still holding 

 his basket on his head stands on a cross of meal 

 facing north, the Great Father Ko'yemshi having 

 made a cross in each of the four corners of the 

 roof. Bi"''si*si, having come from the ki'wi*sine, 

 stands at the back of the mo'lawa and blows a tiny 

 FIG. lo-whistie used ^^^igtle," which is sccrctcd in his mouth (fig. 10 



by Bi"«si'si. ' ^ ° 



shows whistle of Bi"*si*si). He taps the mo'lawa 

 with his eagle-wing plumes on each side, at the same time blowing 

 his whistle, and the latter turns completel}' around from right to left 

 and then on until he faces west. Bi'"si*si does not change his position 

 until the mo'lawa throws out a line of meal toward the west and passes 

 to the northwest corner of the roof, when Bi"*si^si follows. The cere- 

 mony is repeated at each of the four corners, the southeast corner 

 being the last one. The mo'lawa faces west at the second corner, 

 south at the third, and east at the fourth. After he has turned on the 

 fourth cross the Kia'kwemosi comes from the ki'wi'^sine and, approach- 

 ing the mo'lawa, sprinkles the plumes he carries with meal, receives 

 from him the basket, which he hands to his associate, who awaits 

 on the inner ladder, and, throwing meal upon this ladder, descends 

 to the ki'wi'sine. The mo'lawa, retaining the te'likinawe in the right 

 hand and the mi'li in the left, leans forward with bended knees and 

 catches hold of each side of the ladder that leads into the ki'wi'sine, just 

 below the roof, and jumps upon it while he is whipped on both sides 



a A whistle used by Bi"'si'si was secured and deposited in the United States National Museum. 

 Fig. 10 gives top, side, and end views of the whistle, which is of vegetable matter and less than 

 an inch in length. 



