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and the present Goose people chief (koit'aikabede) taking with him, 

 smiilarly, 7 persons. Of the withdrawals all that our informant 

 would say was "perhaps they quarreled."'^ The subdivisions, 

 Eagle and Goose, existed in the Corn people group before the sepa- 

 ration. 



Chief of the Eagle people is Domingo Lujan or Shyubato (eagle 

 white), aged 35, Black Eyes (Gen. Ill, 42). He has no chief assist- 

 ant. He has a little boy assistant, Jos6 Hiron or Piempyyu (moun- 

 tain light), aged 8, Black Eyes; and one female assistant, Fehcita 

 Hiron (no relation to the foregoing child) or lechuri (yellow com), 

 aged 30, shiore'. 



Chief of the Goose people is Nicolas (?Juan) Lenti or IvQiw'j 

 (goose, tip of tail), aged 30, Black Eyes. He has no male assistant; 

 one female, Petra Valdes or Kir'u '' (spreading or laying). 



18. SHICHU " (all colors CORN) 



The Shichu group is of a much older '^ establishment than the 

 above group, and their chief has particular functions. He takes part 

 in the racing ceremonial, at which time (see p. 325) the infants of his 

 group may receive their Corn name. At the iiwa ceremony in Feb- 

 ruary the Shichu present a night dance (see pp. 318 and 373), and at 

 this time also the infants of his group may receive their name. From 

 these infants in later hfe he selects the dancers. Shichu kabede is 

 mentioned as cooperating in planting ritual and in the ceremony of 

 bringing down the moon. He seems to be closer to the town chief 

 than the other Corn Fathers, a relationship which is explained in the 

 folk tale about the town chief of Berkwitoe.'^ Here, too, we learn 

 that from Bat the Shichu chief gets his power. 



The solstice ceremonies of the group are the same as those of the 

 other groups; but they are the last in time, by one day. When the 

 Pecos Eagle Watchers Society was fitted into the calendar at Jemez 

 their retreat was placed at the close of the series of both solstice and 

 rain retreats. Also the Pecos immigrants introduced a dance. It 

 is tempting to speculate that the Shichu group was founded by immi- 

 grants, perhaps from Berkwitoe. 



Chief of the Shichu is Bautista Wanchu who is referred to by 

 title, shichu kabede. He is aged 30, and a shure'. His chief assist- 

 ant is Migueli Lenti or Pq,'u (the plain or in Spanish Uano), aged 30, 



•' Corroborated by another informant. Juan Lenti, chief of the Goose people, who quarreled with Jos6 

 PadilJa, chief of the Corn people. 



1' Her mother belongs to Yellow Com. 



1* The word means rat or mouse, but our informant was insistent that as applied to this Corn group the 

 word did not mean rat. I am not certain, however, that it was not a nickname given to the group. The 

 term (shichure) may be used as a jocose insult to any contemporary or as a term of ridicule to a child who 

 belongs to the group. You big Shichu (Mexican, raton)! See, too, p. 372. 



15 Before the memory of our middle-aged informant. 



'• See p. 384. 



