Only a year later the largest of the western cities, H^wik'uh (Aquico), was stormed and the inhabitants were partly subdued, partly expelled. So as we continue to trace Zuni's Spanish history, we should not be surprised that all went well for a while after the church's completion.
OUTLINE OF PRISTINE ZUNI HISTORY
Not only were the outer walls of these old plateau villages semi-circular, though built inconsistently with the curved rock walls of the rock pits, but they were continuous. That is, they rigidly preserved the rectangular pueblo shape of the arrangement characteristic of the larger ruins in the valleys and plains around them.
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The diverse meaning of terms in the Zufii architecture is no less significant for the different relationships and opposite directions of derivation of the ZuTJi lineage. As further evidence of the continuity of this development from the earliest to the latest forms, certain painted marks on the walls of.
OUTLINE OF ZUNI MYTHO-SOCIOLOGIC ORGANIZATION
The tribal division, consisting of the clans of the north, takes precedence ceremonially, occupying the position of elder brother or eldest ancestor, as the case may be. Be that as it may, this notion of the "middle" and its relation to the rest has become the central fact of Zuiii organization.
GENERAL EXPLANATIONS RELATIVE TO THE TEXT
Thus formed, they are organized and their actors and parts divided according to the groups of these clan connections with the symbolic regions of the world, or in this case literally sept. I have said of the Zufis that theirs is a science of representation and a philosophy of analogies.
MYTHS'
THE GENESIS OF THE WORLDS, OR THE BEGINNING OF NEWNESS
THE GENESIS OF MEN AND THE CREATURES
Like all the overwhelming beings {pikwaiyin cihai) the Earth Mother and the Sky Father were ^hlimna (changeable), even like smoke. 34;Also!" said the Heavenly Father; "But not alone shall you be helpful to our children, reservation!" and he spread his hand abroad, palm downward, and into all its wrinkles and crevices, he put the hint of shining yellow grains of corn; in the darkness of the early dawn they shone like sparks of fire and moved like his.
THE GESTATION OF MEN AND THE CREATURES
THE FORTHCOMING FROM EARTH OF THE FOREMOST OF MEN
THE BIRTH FROM THE SEA OF THE TWAIN DELIVERERS OF MEN
He gave them from himself and their mothers a cap of foam, a great bow of clouds, and for arrows four-quarter bolts (two to each), and for a shield a shield to make a mist, which (twisted from floating clouds and scattered and woven as from cotton-spinning and weaving) supports the wind, but hides (as a shadow hides) its wearer, it also defends. With their magic knives of lightning they split open the gaping depths of the mountain and kept their cloud shield – even as the spider in its web descends – and descended.
THE BIRTH AND DELIVERY OF MEN AND THE CREATURES
Well instructed by the Sun-father, they lifted the Sky-father with their great cloud-arch to the vault of the high peak, so that the earth could become warm and therefore fitter for their children, men and the creatures. There they stayed with the people and the creatures, looked after them, got to know them and became known as themes masters and fathers, and thus sought the ways to lead them forward.
THE CONDITION OF MEN WHEN FIRST INTO THE WORLD OF DAYLIGHT BORN
As before, successive generations of nations were exiled (but many were lost, as heretofore) to the next and last world cave, the T^pahaian tehuli, the TJultimate-uncovered or Womb. And when the father Sun himself appeared low in the east, though they were enveloped in the midst of the great waters of the world, they were so dazzled and heated by his luminous glory that they cried out to one another in pain and fell to the ground, covering their eyes with their naked hands and arms.
THE ORIGIN OF PRIESTS AND OF KNOWLEDGE
THE ORIGIN OF THE RAVEN AND THE MACAW, TOTEMS OF W^INTER AND SUMMER
From winter those who chose the raven, who were many and strong; and from summer those who valued the macaws, who were less and less lustful, but prudent because they were more thoughtful. 34;lords of the house over the houses." Also after him and his descendants priests were established and made to take care of things.
THE ORIGIN AND NAMING OF TOTEM-CLANS AND CREATURE
KINDS, AND THE DIVISION AND NAMING OF SPACES AND
THINGS
In this way the heat-desiring {t('k'-y(i>hlna shema)) badger people obtained the large shell {tsi'dUa'inan ^hlana), the heart or navel of which is potentor sensitive to fire, like that of the earthquake and the inner fire. Thus the 'Two Badgers' were made guardians of the sacred heart shell (suti k'Ui achi), makers and guardians of the fire.
THE ORIGIN OF THE COUNCILS OF SECRECY OR SACRED BROTHERHOODS
Yea, and when the Earth Mother had grown and held all beings within herself, and loved them apart from their father, even after they came forth, so these our mothers and sisters were made guardians of the family names and their offspring, neither. Out of these and of other clans were formed in later days by the wisdom of the father of medicines aud Kites (the great Poshaiyaijk'ya, when he returned, all ... as is told in the second speech of our ancient speech) all other communities , both that of the Middle, audtbeTwainforeach of all the other six regious {tem'halatekwiwe,) the tabooed and holy thirteen.
THE UNRIPENESS AND INSTABILITY OF THE WORLD WHEN
STILL YOUNG
THE HARDENING, OF THE \A^ORLD, AND THE FIRST SETTLE-
MENT OF MEN
Where they huddled together and burst forth thus, Their blood burst forth and ran deep, Here in rivers, there in floods; but it was written and extracted and blackened by fires, in the black rocks of the lower mesas (dpkwina, lava, or malpais). THE BEGINNING OF THE SEARCH OF THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD AND THE SECOND CONTINUATION OF MEN.
THE BEGINNING OF THE SEARCH FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD, AND THE SECOND TARRYING OF MEN
Dry and more stable was the world now, less fearful its lonely places; as, some beasts of prey were changed into rock (some shrank to the size of insects; . prized as amulets to the hunter and warrior, as shown in other speeches of our ancient speech).
THE LEARNING OF WAR, AND THE THIRD TARRYING
THE MEETING OF THE PEOPLE OF DEW, AND THE FOURTH TARRYING
THE BEGINNING OF THE SEARCH FOR THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, AND THE SECOND LOSS OF MEN. . cosHiNf)] MEETING OF THE DOU PEOPLE.
THE GENERATION OF THE SEED OF SEEDS, OR THE ORIGIN OF CORN
393 spotted seeds far out at the end of the handle, so that it (of the colors of all the others) may point out every one of them, if it were, and guide them all. Now in the village of the strange Seed people there were seven girls, sisters of one another, virgins of one house and foster children of Paiyatuma (the God of Dew) him-.
THE RENEWAL OF THE SEARCH FOR THE MIDDLE
THE CHOOSING OF SEEKERS FOR SIGNS OF THE MIDDLE
Again a council was called, and again, when inquired into, Ka'wimosa cried, ''Here!' and this time the youngest son, who was called Siweluhsiwa, because he was a long-haired youth of great beauty. and the daughter, who was called Siwiluhsitsa, because she was a long-tressed girl of a beautiful person; they were also called and properly prepared and sent eastward. THE CHANGING SIN OF THE BROTHER AND SISTER Far they travelled, and as the day quickened before they saw.
THE CHANGE-MAKING SIN OF THE BROTHER AND SISTER Far they journeyed, and as the day quickened they saw before them
So when he was asked which of the precious ones (the children of priestly fathers and priestly mothers) should travel northward, that he might know the distance thither to the great embracing waters, that they might better suppose the Middle; nor did Twain say nothing, as we say nothing, to little children tired of a. He was mad, yes, and bideless deeds; and the sister, being thus awakened, fled before him in loud fear, and then in shame and in hot anger, turning round, severely scolded liiiu.
THE BIRTH OF THE OLD-ONES OR ANCIENTS OF THE KA'KA
K'yii'lutsi (the infant) and Tsa'hliishi (old youth), the youngest, are the most deliberately important of the nine, always advising others and parading like a young priest in his first dance, or like the jothful warrior who has grown too old, thinking and introspecting, with early honor. And while the father stands in a daze, with his head bowed and his hands folded before him or like broken bows hanging at his sides, these children romp and play (as he and his sister did when they became childish), and are truly as idiots, or like dotards and crones young again, changeable like laughter, startled into new thoughts by every fluttering thing around them; but in the presence of the Kii'ka of old they are serious, though they are also brutal.
THE RENEWAL OF THE GREAT JOURNEY, AND THE SUNDERING OF THE TRIBES OF MEN
Strong and impetuous, the Bear family was on the one hand the first to move and the farthest to travel; on the other side the Seed came on the road; while the heart of them all of the Ara kindred deliberately (as was their custom) followed the middle path of the Sun-father. In such order they then came in time in sight of the great divided mountain of the Ka'yemashi.
THE ORIGIN OF DEATH BY DYING, AND THE ABODE OF SOULS AND THE KA'KA
There, beneath the lagoon of the hollow mountain where it used to be by the angry maiden sister Siwiluhsitsa, as before told, in their seasons, dwelt the soul beings of ancient men of war and violent death. Abode of ghosts; there also the great pueblo (city) of the Ka'ka, Ka'hluelawan, the town of many towns in which forever stood the great meeting house of ghosts, Ahaiiaawa Klwitsinan'hlana, the kiva which the six great rooms in the middle of it contains.
THE LOSS OF THE GREAT SOUTHERN CLANS
THE SAVING OF THE FATHER-CLANS
Therefore they dreaded the depths, terrified (except . the voice of the vessel for any serious sound), and foolish at the sight of the reptilian creatures.
THE AWAITING OF THE LOST CLANS
THE STRAYING OF K'YAK'LU, AND HIS PLAINT TO THE \A/^ATER-
FOWL
Lo! and thus their cares press upon the immature and nascent children of their bowels. Yes, and his lips became chapped with constant calling, and his voice became sharp and dry, like the voices of far-flying waterfowl.
HOW THE DUCK, HEARING, WAS FAIN TO GUIDE K'YAK'LU
CDSHIMQ] THE K'YAK'lU FALLACY. 407. to this day when the right time appears here), and he died of the heart and was then permanently transformed {i'hlimnakna) like the gods. The duck called in vain and jingled her shells in their midst, K'yiik'lu unable to follow.
HOW THE RAINBOW-WORM BORE K'YAK'LU TO THE PLAIN OF KA'HLUELANE
The Kainbo (vunbenthimselflower thatK'yak'luminightmount; then he bowed high in the midst of the clouds, bearing K'yiik'lu upward in the breath amoteis borne, and the Duck spread his winged flight to the south. And there on the plain north of Ka"hluelane, K' yiik'lu set even before the sun had fully set, and while it was still.
THE TARRYING OF K'YAK'LU IN THE PLAIN, AND HIS DISMAY
HOW THE DUCK FOUND THE LAKE OF THE DEAD AND THE GODS OF THE KA'KA
There she told of the long journeys she had made, of her finding and leading the K'yiik'lu, and how K'yiik'lu now sat blind-eyed, maimed so as not to hear her call, in the plain behind the mountains.
HOW THE GODS OF THE KA'KA COUNSELLED THE DUCK
HOW BY BEHEST OF THE DUCK THE KA'YEMASHI SOUGHT K'YAK'LU TO CONVEY HIM TO THE LAKE OF THE DEAD
HOW THE KA'YEMASHI BORE K'YAK LU TO THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS
Then K'yiik'lusathim reached down and bowed his head, and calling to the Duck who had guided him, stretched out his hand and sat upon it, as on a crest of a wave or a branch of a forest. THE COUNCIL OF KA'KA AND THE INSTRUCTION OF THE GODS BY K'YAK'LU.
THE COUNCIL OF THE KA'KA, AND THE INSTRUCTION OF K'YAK'LU BY THE GODS
THE INSTRUCTION OF THE KA'YEMASHI BY K'YAK'LU
HOW THE KA'YEMASHI BORE K'YAK'LU TO HIS PEOPLE
THE RETURN OF K'YAK'LU, AND HIS SACRED INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PEOPLE
6Jc^y/islu), so only with this was K'yak'lu regaled; but his bearers were soon laden with presents of food and clothing, which they certainly would not wear except in disorderly fashion. THE RISE OF K'YAK'LU AMOSI AND DEPARTURE OF K'YAK'LU AND THE ANCIENTS.
THE ENJOINING OF THE K'YAK'LU AMOSI, AND THE DEPARTURE OF K'YAK'LU AND THE OLD-ONES
And as one who returns, swollen. is not given to eat except sparingly first of the meal of drink. And then holding the Duck in his hand, the guide to his blindness, he spoke with measured movement and tone, to the sound of the shells on the Duck's neck, the words of creation, K'yalc'luMosonan Ghim'- mik^yana¥ya imiane and his wanderings , and the speeches of the gods and beings as they had been told to him, and the instructions of the sacred customs, all went on unceasingly, as is still his habit from mid-day to mid-day to each of the six counsels, of which no part is forgotten .
THE COMING OF THE BROTHERS ANAHOHO AND THE RUNNERS OF THE KA'KA
THE DEAD
THE RENEWAL OF THE GREAT JOURNEYING AND OF THE SEARCH FOR THE MIDDLE
Being like beasts, they were troublesome both at home and abroad, in pursuit or in war; for now and again they still in their wanderings greater nations of men and men-. Thus, no longer only from the fear of the great gods and monsters, but from the fear of the wars they themselves provoked, fighting the world with their own kind and with human beings, but they changed differently.
THE WARNING-SPEECH OF THE GODS, AND THE UNTAILING OF MEN
THE ORIGIN OF THE TWIN GODS OF WAR AND OF THE PRIEST-
HOOD OF THE BOW
So the people traveled from country to country, their fathers, the priests and the keepers of the mysteries, with the women and children in their midst, while before them, from valley to alley, the arch-priests swept away the danger. THE WARS WITH THE BLACK PEOPLE OF THE HIGH BUILDINGS AND WITH THE OLD WOMAN OF THE K'YA'KWEINA AND.
THE WARS WITH THE BLACK PEOPLE OF THE HIGH BUILDINGS AND WITH THE ANCIENT W^OMAN OF THE K'YA'KWEINA AND
Thus the Priests of Bowest were established by Twain's teaching, whose bread of destruction, each of them breathed a due portion; whom none could contradict; nay, not even the fathers, whose speakers they were, and with whom there could be no quarrel; no, not even. And so when a dark night thereafter the world groaned and the shells sounded the warning, all were Twain and these new ones.
OTHER KA'KAKWE
But the strong 'Hleetokwe invented bowstrings of yucca, and the Two Little Ones sought counsel from the Sun Father, who. THE ADOPTION OF THE BLACK PEOPLE, AND THE DIVISION OF THE CLANS TO SEARCH FOR THE MIDDLE.
THE ADOPTION OF THE BLACK PEOPLE, AND THE DIVISION OF THE CLANS TO SEARCH FOR THE MIDDLE
So it fell awry for the flight Of our sudden ancients; for besides the thunder raged and confounded their warriors, the rain came down and blinded them, stretched their bowstrings of sinew, and extinguished the flight of their arrows, as the flight of bees is extinguished by the sprinkling cloud of the honey hunter. And as before, the people of the Middle—yes, and those of the Seed and the Rose, who especially prized the chueton and the Maidens of the Grain—sought the Middle most through their midst, led by Ahaiyuta, the elder, and his Priest of the Bow.
THE NORTHWARD EASTERN JOURNEY OF THE WINTER CLANS
THE SOUTHWARD EASTERN JOURNEY OF THE SUMMER CLANS
427 ward and finally set them down with other people on the way, in the upper valley of Zuuiland (Shi'wiua Ten'hlkwaina), builds Heshotatsina (the City of Si)eechmaikings) and many other cities, all around and divided into parts, Before they rejoined the people of the Middle, when they too had come near the heart of the world - all this and much else is told in the speech they themselves give in the old discourse.
THE EASTWARD MIDDLE JOURNEY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE
THE SETTLEMENT OF ZUNI-LAND, AND THE BUILDING OF THE SEVEN GREAT TOWNS THEREIN
While the people of the Macaws and other middle races still searched tirelessly, until at last they thought that in Mdtsaki they had indeed found a center.
THE REUNION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE MIDDLE WITH THE SUM-
MER AND SEED PEOPLES
THE GREAT COUNCIL OF MEN AND THE BEINGS FOR THE DETER- MINATION OF THE TRUE MIDDLE
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FATHERS AND THEIR TABERNACLE AT HALONAWAN OR THE PLACE OF THE MIDDLE ERROR.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FATHERS AND THEIR TABERNACLE AT HALONAWAN OR THE ERRING-PLACE OF THE MIDDLE
THE FLOODING OF THE TOWNS, AND THE BUILDING OF THE
CITY OF SEED ON THE MOUNTAIN
THE STAYING OF THE FLOOD BY SACRIFICE OF THE YOUTH AND MAIDEN, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HALONA ITIWANA
THE CUSTOM OF TESTING THE MIDDLE IN THE MIDDLE TIME
And as we now do not observe the custom of the Middle Arrivals, all the people were detained, all the fires were kept shut, so they then prepared themselves for a fortnight, and on the last evening the shell was laid by the sacred fire in Hein Kiwitsiua of the i^"order, and watched all night by his The guardians and the chief fathers, and most of the Arch. So the people, they and their brothers, dwelt happily around them in the Middle, for now the sacred things certainly rested above the stable center of the world, and were the foundations of Halloona Itiwana or the Middle Place of Favor (or Fortune).
THE CHERISHING OF THE CORN MAIDENS AND THEIR CUSTOM
AS OF OLD
THE MURMURING OF THE FOOLISH ANENT THE CUSTOM OF THE CORN MAIDENS
They were impressed by this, and thought that perhaps the music was that of the spirits of old men who had lived up there in the time of the high waters; but at least it was much more beautiful than the music of the 'Hlahekwe singers when the Choir Girls danced. Others said yes, and as they lingered nearby they had seen white clouds, as the daylight increased, roll towards you from the cave in Tliunder Mountain, like the mists that left the dew itself behind them, and when the sun came up, see.
THE COUNCIL OF THE FATHERS THAT THE PERFECTION OF THE CUSTOM BE ACCOMPLISHED
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE 'HLAHEKWE CUSTOM, OR DANCE OF THE CORN MAIDENS
Then came the priest of the sun and the priests of the House of Houses, with the tabernacles of the sacred seed substances, nxietone, k'^ydeton, and chuetone, and the bowls of sacred favor (meal-prayer) with terraces from the world. THE SENDING OF TWO PRIESTS OF THE BOW, THAT THEY SPEAK THE HELP OF PAIYATUMA AND HIS FLUTE PEOPLE.
THE SENDING OF THE TWAIN PRIESTS OF THE BOW, THAT THEY BESPEAK THE AID OF PAIYATUMA AND HIS FLUTE PEOPLE
They also helped chosen men of the Badger and Water clans to bring hemlock trees from the sun canyon and danced, singing prod}' for once when they called the growth of the sacred smoke of the premises, and then, when night fell, laden with it. Then the fathers of the house extended their breaths with their hands, and at this breathing the priests of the bow went forward, one step.
THE FINDING OF PAIYATUMA, AND HIS CUSTOM OF THE FLUTE
He raised his flute and took his place in the line of the dancers, as the ya'poto does in the line of the Coru dance. The Priests of the Arch were awed and entranced by its beauty, so evidently that, as they rose to go, they were afraid to utter their further message.
THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMING OF PAIYATUMA AND HIS
34;These are the sisters of our Virgins of Coru, of the House of Stars, who also saw these, as they saw fainter, as, when the stars of the House of Seven are seen above, other seven are seen under the water. White mist rose from the wands of the maidens and mingled with the breath of the flute above the terraced bowl of the world, above which the butterflies of the summer land stretched the dress of the rainbow in the strange blue light of the night.
PEOPLE OF THE FLUTE
But Paiyatunui, smiling, gave them breath with his hands, and said, "Go the way, tell the fathers of our custom, and we will immediately follow."
THE COMING OF PAJYATUMA AND HIS DANCE OF THE FLUTE
THE SACRILEGE OF THE YOUTHS OF THE DANCE, AND THE FLEETING OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN
THE MOURNING FOR LOSS OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN
Arise then, and push thee away from thee, and spit out of thy mouth the evil of this night, that the day may not darken thee with shame, and be no more ill than the grievous loss of our beautiful maids; give prosperity to our young people, and the negligence has shown you that you do not see everything well, and be fully punished as we were forewarned. They said to each other: "We are looking (but how?) for the girls, and we must call them out of their hiding-place with solemn words, if only we can look at them again.
THE SEEKING OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN BY THE EAGLE
Then they told him of the lost corn maidens, and asked him to seek them, that messages of reconciliation might be sent or given to them. 34;None of them unless they hide under bushes; yet I have failed to see any of the virgins you seek.
THE SEEKING OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN BY THE FALCON
Goye ahead," said the Hawk; and before they turned towards the town he spread his sharp wings and often shot over the tops of the trees and bushes, though he was really looking for voles or birds' nests. 34;They are more hidden than ever sparrows,” he said as he gripped the lid of the tray he was holding onto, even though it was real feathers and blood, and fretted his crest.
THE SEEKING OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN BY THE RAVEN
One — the yellow, that of the north — he took, and . breathed on it. "Evil, all evil and unmade," he said, shaking his shake. ccsHiNG) PRAYER OF PAIYATUMA. Then he took up another, that of the west, then the red of the south and the white of the east.
THE SEEKING OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN BY PAIYATUMA
The four must accompany you, fathers of the people, they in your midst, who carry the precious things, the oldest Master-priest of the Bow leading, and the others following, the oldest in front, they behind. And the others, fathers of this habit of the seed, will then wait for us as outrageous messages of importance, and wait still in the holy gathering place of the north, which is the first, and which you.
THE FINDING OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN IN SUMMERLAND
He sent them out to seek the Maidens, followed quickly, and long before he found them, he greeted them with the music of his singing voice, as the Frogs now greet them in their dancing song.
THE RETURN OF THE MAIDENS OF CORN WITH PAIYATUMA
THE PRESENTATION OF THE PERFECTED SEED TO THE FATHERS OF MEN, AND THE PASSING OF THE MAIDENS OF SEED
Then he went to the mark of each region and prayed, standing straight and consecrating it; and as each initiation was uttered Shutsuk'ya touched him with his wands and. So when all the words were said, Shutsuk'ya whistled shrillly again four times, each time touching Paiyatuma with the wands four times as he turned him around, then beckoned him to come forward to the outer ascending ladder below which waited the maidens watch.
THE INSTRUCTIONS OF PAIYATUMA FOR THE ORDINANCES AND CUSTOMS OF THE CORN PERFECTING
The Nameless Moon, the Moon of Sacred Fire and the Whitening of the Earth, the Moon of Snow-Broken Branches, the Moon of Snowless Paths, the Moon of Greater Sandstorms, and the Moon of Lesser Moving Sandstorms, will 'cherish these gifts, perfect, by means of the sacred celebrations of the tirites and terites of Ka'ka, the Seeds of the Seed. Then in the new earth which the winter winds, hail, snow and water have brought to you lords of niiietone, you will bury the perfect orders, as I direct you, these gifts, their flesli, as you bury the flesh of the dead.
THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS OF PAIYATUMA, AND HIS PASSING
You loved the use of the Maidens, where you always had life; yet some have not treasured their personalities, and they will see no more, except in the persons of you.
