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in this dance and song- of rejoicing for the destruction of the eneni}'. 

 Young children are led to the dance by their mothers, who offer 

 prayers to the Gods of War to give the lives of the enemy to the Zuiiis. 

 Occasionally a wish is expressed that the Navahos, who are celebrated 

 among the Indians of that section for their tine peach orchards, may 

 eat peaches enough to kill them. 



The victor must not touch animal food, grease, or salt for ten days, 

 and his food must be cold, for should hot food be taken at this time 

 he would become corpulent — something the Zunis aim to avoid; yet 

 the women, at least many of them, become so with age. For the 

 same period he must observe continence, by command of the Gods of 

 War. His elder brother and the scalp-kickers must observe this fast 

 four days. The victor and scalp-kickers remain as far as possible 

 from the fireplace, though only embers rest on the hearth.^' They 

 do not remove any part of their clothing during the four nights, not 

 even the moccasins. The victor and his elder brother must not smoke 

 for four days, and they, with the scalp-kickers, must not be touched 

 by another or receive anything directly from the hands of another for 

 the same period, the superstition being that death would result from 

 disobedience of this edict. 



The first four nights are spent ))y the victor, the elder brother, and 

 the two scalp-kickers in the ceremonial chamber, when the men must 

 remain apart from the women and not speak to them. Each night the 

 warriors assemble and sing and brandish the war club, the victor 

 joining in the songs. Some say the original clubs were thrown from 

 the heavens ])y Mo'yachun 4ilan'na (Great star), warrior of the heavens. 



The victor and members of the Bow priesthood each prepare eight 

 prayer plumes as offerings to the Gods of War, the second morning, 

 the victor and elder brother making theirs in the ceremonial house of 

 the Bow priesthood, while the other warriors prepare theirs in their 

 dwellings. The prayer plumes are joined in couples, and the following 

 morning deposited on ant-hills at the four cardinal points. Similar 

 ones are made on the fifth day and planted on ant-hills, and on the 

 eleventh day they are duplicated and likewise deposited. 



On the fifth day the elder ])rother of the victor stands by the scalp 

 pole six consecutive hours, and when he desires to depart the crowd 

 endeavors to prevent him. He finally gets away by promising to 

 bring something good to the plaza, and when he returns with meat 

 and melons there is great scrambling. The kiep'yiitonannc (war pouch) 

 of buckskin, originally from apparel of the enemy, is made by the elder 

 brother of the victor on t he fifth day . One braid of three strips of buck- 

 skin and three braids of two strips each are made and sewed in parallel 

 lines close together upon a strip of cotton cloth. The ends of the 



oThese men have a superstitious dread of being near the fire at this time. 



