486 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. ann. 23 



mo'sona (director) of the fraternity, pe'kwin (deputy) to the director, 

 a'kwamosi (maker of medicine water), a'kwape'kwin (deputy) to the 

 a'kwamosi, %lem'mosona (wood director; the order, however, is known 

 as the sword, the blade bein^ made of wood, hence the name), te'hai'- 

 toy'nona (music-maker, flutist), pi^Hashiwanni (warrior), a'lunakwe 

 (walking- about), general managers, and couriers. 



"Long, long ago" two members of the Great Fire fraternity, one 

 belonging to the Eagle clan, the other to the Badger clan, went to the 

 northeast and there met the Ke'pachu^' (buckskin Navahos), whom 

 they found to have a language similar to their own; and these people 

 understood mystery medicine, it'sepcho, sword swallowing, and arrow 

 swallowing. The two A'shiwi returned to their village, bringing 

 songs from the Ke'pachu, and since that time the Great Fire fraternity 

 have sung only the songs of the Ke'pachu, and the a'kwamosi has 

 been of the Eagle clan or child of the clan'' and his pe'kwin of the same 

 clan. The sword director has been of the Badger clan or a child of 

 this clan and his pe'kwin of the same clan. 



The following stanzas are in the Ke'pachu tongue: '^ 



SONG ASSOCIATED WITH PRACTICING OF MYSTERY MEDICINE 

 I 



Eniniya' achu^yia tai'wayaia^ tai'wayaia^ Ta'kuluwaye tai'wayaia' eni'niya'' 

 eni'yaia''. 



Ya'eniya eniyae'na ya'eniya' eniya' aha'ena^ Hea^ ya'eniya' hea^ena hea'ena 

 hea'ena hea'ena hea'heya Hea'heya ena^ ena^ hea^ena'. 



II 



Eya' henia' eyaha^ henia' eya' eya' he na^ Eyaha' eyaha' he na'' 



hena' eniya' yaha' ena' yaha'e na'. 



Eyaha' eyahena' eyaha' eyahena' eyahena' eyaha' e yaha'hena'. 



Eyaha' ahena' eyahena' eyahe na'. 



SONGS USED IN THE SWORD-SWALLOWING CEREMONY 

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Ai..yi'..yi..yi..yi ye..he..ena' ai. .yi'. .yi. .yi ye. .he..ena' ai'yi..ye..he.. 

 ena' aiyi..ye..he..ena' eni..ya..he' ya'..he..na ya'hena aknlawa' ni'yashi 

 knlape'hu i'tati'niye 'si'ita pi'iinni'hle 'si'ita nichihlhkai 'si'ita tanilth ki'ishi shi'shi 

 ye'la 'si'ita tanihh ki'ishi ai'i. .yi. .yi ye. .he. .ena' ai'i. .ye. .he. .ena' eniya hoi. 



II 



Hea' le'ya ena' hea' hea' ena' hea' ena' hea' ena' hea' ena' ya ena' hee'. 

 Ni'ye kache' ku'na' niye' ku'lawa ine' aye kache' pi'iinni'hle seya'taspa alth'su 

 na'si yaye' hena' tuhu' yi'ta eniya' Ya eniya' he eniya' ku'lawa. 



a Ke from kem'me buckskin; pachu, one who wears the hair brushed back. The Zuni name for 

 Navaho is A'pachu, singular pa'chin, these Indians wearing their hair back from the face. 



ft See List of clans. 



c The writer was not aware until a short time before her departure from Zuiil, In 1902, that the 

 Great Fire fraternity songs were not in Zuni but In the " Ke'pachu" tongue, since it Is almost Impos- 

 sible to distinguish words amid the din of rattle and drum. 



