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same day at Shop'MiIua yal'lakwi. a shriiu> noi-th of the. village and on 

 the g-rouiid .su])posed to have ])eeii occupied a.s the home of the (iods 

 of War duriiio- their stay at I'tiwaniui (the site of the present Ziifii). 

 The remainder of the prayer plumes are made into live kia'etchiwe 

 (groups of prayer plumes l)()und together at the base). The sticks of 

 four groups are colored hlack and are oti'erings to the deceased mem- 

 bers of the Bow priesthood. The fifth group consists of six prayer 

 plumes, one for each of the six Sal'imobiya. 



The kia'etchiwe to the deceased members of the Bow priesthood are 

 deposited at midnight on the four sides of the village, by such mem- 

 bers of the organization as may be designatt^d by the elder ])rotlier 

 Bow priest, in «\xcavations ctirefuUy concealed by stone ledges, whicii 

 extend along the exterior of houses, furnishing seats for those who 

 like to sit out in the balmy afternoon of a New Mexican wintin-. or to 

 enjoy the cool breezes after sunset in summer. The depositors of tiie 

 plumes know just which slab to remove in oi'der to have access to the 

 depository. The fifth kia'etchine is planted in an (wcavation, also con- 

 cealed by a slab seat, on the west side of th(^ Si'aa' tc'wita (sacred dance 

 plaza). After the placing of the plumes the Bow priests continue 

 their songs and ceremonies in the ceremonial chaml)er imtil sunrise, 

 and soon afterward the elder brother Bow priest aiuiounces from a 

 housetop that the people of the ki'wi'^siwe will run in four days. 



The director of each ki'wi*sine gives formal notice to his people, and 

 the young men who wish to take part in the race appear at the 

 appointed time. Those from the He'iwa (North), He'kiapawa (Nadir), 

 and Chu'pawa (South) ki'wi'siwe represent the side of the elder (lod 

 of AVar, while those from the Mu'he'wa (West), O'he'wa (East), and 

 Up'^sannawa (Zenith) ki'wi'siwe represent the side of the younger ( Jod 

 of War. After an early breakfast, the runners having exercised 

 before the meal, nothing more is eaten during the day l)ut crushed 

 wafer bread in water. 



In the afternoon the rirst ))ody of rain priests." except the woman, 

 proceed about a mile south of the village t)ver the road leading to the 

 present home of the Gods of War, and here the elder brother Bow 

 priest lays upon the ground a la'showanne (one or more feathers 

 attached to a cotton cord), composed of two ui)per wing feathers of a 

 bird called sho'kiapiso,* and the younger brother Bow priest places a 

 similar la'showanne on the ground west of the otiier. the distance 

 ])etween the two la'showawe being as long as from finger tip to finger 

 tip of the extended arms. The rain priests stand west and tiie Bow 

 priests east of the plumes, the elder brother Bow ))ri('st standing with 

 his fellows of the Bow priesthood, the younger Inolhcr Bow \n'\ost 



"The writer designates the rain priests of the six regions, the elder and younger Itroth.r How 

 priests, and the Priestess of feciiiidity iis the first body of rain priests. There are n nnnilicr <>f other 

 rain priesthood gr(>ui)s in Zm'ii. 



''A bird, the Zuiii say. wliidi Mies, hiu never tires. 



