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cheani. The sequence of retreats for rain (kuashiwanatyia) after the summer solstice ceremonial is: Flint, shiwanna, Eagle, shika, shika.

The kasik* 1 or tiamoni does not have to be a cheani; but he is chosen by the cheani, by all the cheani. Formerly the tiamoni had an assistant or second; 2 nowadays he has none. He does not have to be chosen from any particular clan. As at Cochiti and Acoma and in modified form at Zuni, the tiamoni selects the governor and all the annual officers the tapup, one tinienti, two piskales, two mayo roma or ditch officers, 3 six capitanes to call meetings for the governor and to serve also for the ditch officers, and two tsiyad- yuye', leaders (?), the first representing maasewi, the second or tinienti, uyoyewi together with their six officers who are called tsamahiye. 4

Killers of Navajo are called u'pi* as at Laguna the killer of one Navajo, u'pi* hocheni, the killer of four Navajo, naya* hocheni (mother, head). Killers of the prey animals, lion, bear, wolf, and of eagles are also called u'pi*\ but in some unexplained way their organization is thought of as a little different from that of the Navajo killers. On showing the skin of their trophy to the 6

She'ek or shaiyaik and shaikatsi appear to be the names of the two heads of the group. Men became she'ek from being cured of sickness, any sickness. There is but one sur- viving she'ek; he lives at Parahi. His father was she'ek and in his father's day there five practicing she'ek. Then the she'ek held a dance in December a dance oshash kotsinia' (Sun, for the sake of). The she'ek k'a'ach or meeting place was at the west end of kakati. , The she'ek would call out the summons to the communal hunts saying : Yunadish yunaponishaudyau yunakwichadyau yunahanichadyau hachtse shuichi dyanat- sashku dyiech pecha. North, West, South, East, going to hunt, old man, young man, in four days, rabbits, jackrabbits. Before starting on the hunt the she'ek built a little fire so that the rabbits would not know where they (the rabbits) were going. A hunter might promise to himself to give meat from his hunt to the she'ek. The group is to be equated, no doubt, with the tsaniakwe of Zuni.

1 My informant asserted that the word was not "Mexican," but Indian.

2 Cp. "The Sia," p. 16.

3 Six ditch officers (gwachani, officer, kopachawitse, ditch) are elected at Laguna, elected in September, whereas the governor (tapup) his two lieutenants (tyinyiintyi) , the two or, according to some, three fiscals (fiskale, pishkali, piskare) and the three "war captains" are elected on January i.

4 The same term, I believe, as that for the stone fetiches and we may infer that these are or were thought of as war god images.

5 Cp. "Notes on Cochiti," p. 199.

6 Cp. "Notes on Cochiti," p. 199.

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