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i.s as follows: A party of Mu'"kwe came to the A'shiwi countrv in 

 search of their g-od Le'lentu." This long-looked-for jrod was found at 

 the spring- Shun'te*lviava, at the base of the mesa bearing- the same 

 name, and near Corn mountain. The A'shiwi (rods of War also 

 discovered Pa'3'atamu at this place. The music which the Mu''kwe 

 heard l)efore reaching- the spring- guided them to their god Le'lentu. 

 This god of the Hopis and A'shiwi is supposed to be short in stature, 

 his head crowned with the tiowers of the te'nas'sali (mythical plant 

 which bears six-colored blossoms). While these Mu"kwe, who were 

 members of the Little Fire fraternit}^ were with the A'shiwi the}' 

 initiated some of the latter into their secrets, thus organizing a Little 

 Fire fraternit}^ at Hiil'ona as at Shi'wona. The AIu'Mvwe having 

 brought cotton with them, the A'shiwi women spun it and wove it into 

 shirts, which were presented by the novices to the Mu"kwe. 



Chi'kialikwe (Rattlesnake) fraternity is a branch of the U'huhukwe. 

 Pe'shil^silo'kwe (Ciniex) is a branch of the Ma'*ke 'San'nakwe. 4vo'- 

 shi'kwe (Cactus fraternity) is declared b}' theurgists and others to 

 have been adopted long since from the Hopi Indians. 



The A'pi'Mjishiwanni (Bow priesthood) was created by the (lods of 

 War at Hal'ona, they becoming the original directors; and the elder 

 and younger brother Bow priests, who fill the places of the Gods of 

 War in this fraternit}", having followed them in direct succession, are 

 supposed to be as infallible through their initiation as were the gods 

 who preceded them. 



^Membership in the fraternities mentioned, except the 'Ko'shi'kwt^ 

 and A'pi'^lashiwanni, is open to Zunis of both sexes and of all ages 

 above 4 or 5 3^ears. Besides the fraternities mentioned, there is the 

 Ko'tikili (Mythologic fraternity). 



Though the fraternity of Sho'wekwe (see Games, page 32i>) still 

 exists, it is now not considered worthy of mention ])y the Zufiis. ]\Ien 

 make use of it to waste their lives in casting lots instead of working. 



There is still another organization, the Struck-by-lightniug frater- 

 nity. This fraternity has its standing among the others, and no less a 

 personage than Nai'uchi, the greatest of the Zuni theurgists, was 

 treated by a woman of the fraternity just pi'evious to his death. It is 

 interesting to the writer on account of its very recent origin, giving 

 her an insight into the manner of creating a Zuni fraternity. The 

 following was the story related l)y the director of the Struck-by-light- 

 ning fraternity: 



In the summer of 1S91, at the village of Nutria, five men, one a Navaiio, ami two 

 women, all in one house, were made senseless by lightning. The lirst to recover 

 was a man, the husband of Catalina, one of the women present. He thought his 

 companions were dead, and at first could not imjuire into the circumstances of this 

 catastrophe. Presently one of the women, this man's sister, began crying, and then 



" Le'lentu of the Hopis is the same as Pa'yatiimn of the Zufiis. The description by both peoples of 

 their god of niusie, butterflies, and flowers, is the same. 



