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the elder God of War being placed north of the road of day. aiul that 

 of the 3'ounger God of War south of it. The iniaoe is set up and 

 the prayer plumes are planted in a row on each side at right angles 

 with the image, and the jiaraphernalia are arranged nuich as they 

 were in the plaza. Meal is sprinkled from the idol outward between 

 the lines of prayer plumes. Both gods bear the name of A'hayuta at 

 the winter solstice and at other times when only rain and all things 

 good are thought of and hearts are peaceful. Although the road of 

 the sun divides the shrines of these gods, neither one must be thought 

 of in connection with the north side at the winter solstice when rain 

 is desired, and therefore at this season the elder god is always 

 deposited on U'hana 3'ariarme, and the younger on To'wa yal'liinne. 

 Should an idol of U'yuyewi be placed north of the road of the sun 

 at this time, "the rains and winds would be ver}' angry and there 

 would be too much cold." 



Plate cxxxvii shows five images of U'yu3"ewi and paraphernalia 

 removed from the shrine on Kwil'li yal'lanne and placed by a monu- 

 ment erected by a topographical party of the United States Geological 

 Survey. Of the nine carvings, beginning with the one at the left, 

 the first three are idols of U'vuyewi; the five lines on each side of the 

 idols and near the base represent the hands of the gods; figure 4, the 

 war club; figure 5, the earthly arrow; figure 6, a tablet surmounted 

 with a serrated design symbolizing cunmlus clouds. The crescent is 

 immediatel}^ below the cloud symbol. The full moon is symbolized 

 by the circular opening, and the star bj^ the cross. Figure T repre- 

 sents the lightning arrow; figures S and 9, idols of L''3'U3'ewi. Three 

 of the images still retain the serrated projections which symbolize the 

 umbilicus. 



Plate cxxxviii shows the shrine on Kwil'li j^al'lanne, with the latest 

 idols in place and the displaced images with their paraphernalia 

 heaped about. 



Plate cxxxix shows idols of the God of War, removed from an 

 ancient cave shrine in the west wall of To'wa yal'lanne and stood out- 

 side to be photographed. 



Although the A'pi"lashiwanni have many shrines dedicated to the 

 Gods of War, the most sacred spot, perhaps, is the crater in the vol- 

 canic cone at the Zuiii Salt lake (see plate lxxxix), which is supposed 

 to be the present home of these gods." 



The philosophy of the Indian, as of man wherever found and at 

 whatever stage of culture he may have arrived, is the result of his 

 desire and his efforts to understand the mysteries of nature, ^^'ith 

 the exception of the Lightning fraternity, which originated virtually 



a All of the shrines of the Gods of War and a number of other Illustrations in this paper were secured 

 by Mr Stevenson in 1881. 



