Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . iscovered with a stone slab and several flat baskets, one upon the other. 5 82 THK ZlNI INDIANS (KTH. ANN. 23 is covered with white meal. A line of iiieul extends eastward fromthe excavation ;i distance of •• feet. Ihe line is crossed four times atequal distances with meal. The pekwin now places two bits of yuccain X form on each cross line, and on each of these Xs is set a round flatstone, the stones ])eing used to hold the yucca in place. The crossedjucca indicates tracks of the chaparral cock
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . iscovered with a stone slab and several flat baskets, one upon the other. 5 82 THK ZlNI INDIANS (KTH. ANN. 23 is covered with white meal. A line of iiieul extends eastward fromthe excavation ;i distance of •• feet. Ihe line is crossed four times atequal distances with meal. The pekwin now places two bits of yuccain X form on each cross line, and on each of these Xs is set a round flatstone, the stones ])eing used to hold the yucca in place. The crossedjucca indicates tracks of the chaparral cock to the house of the ant(figure 34). This bird is valuable because he can convey messag-es,and the enemy can not tell from his footpiints whence he comes, for thefeet point both wa3s. The mounds are symliolic of the homes of theGods of War and the square of the home of the ants at Shipapolima.*Ants destroy the footprints of the Zufiis from the eye of the the pekwin completes his work he returns to the village. Thevictor and the elder brother soon approach over the plain, beaiing. Kro. 34.— find nuiil numnds symholiii ol Shipapnlima iimi honn-s ..i rh*- ituu^ I \\:ir. the divided .scalp in their tog-as. When they come within 500 yardsof the village they remove the pieces of scalp from the arrows andattach them to a .slender pole 5 feet high, which the pamosona hasplanted in the ground for the purpose, and the two take seats on theground about (> feet noi-th of the pole and facing the village, the victorto the right of the elder brother. They themselves trimmingthe juniper twigs which they have brought with them. These twigsare twice the length from tli(> tip of the middle finger to the tip of thethumb, the fingers extended. Here thej- sit for an hour. In the mean-time the warriors and members of the Ant fraternity gather in a circlenear by. Each warrior having prepared two prayer plumes to the Gods of Warand wrapped them together at the b
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