Again, certain minerals (Fig. 2), or fossils, etc. (Fig. 3), will be regarded as belonging to, or parts of, the gods, yet will be used as medicines of war or the chase, or by means of which water may be produced or crops stimulated, to say nothing of their efficacy as cures, or sources of strength, etc. For instance, Fig. 2 is of aragonite, hence referred to the Upper regions, and therefore valuable to give efficacy to the paint with which plume-sticks of rain prayers are decorated; while Fig. 3, from its shape, is supposed to represent the relic of the weapon or tooth of a god, and therefore endowed with the power of Sá-wa-ni-k'ia, and hence is preserved for generations—with an interminable variety of other things—in the Order of the Warriors, as the "protective medicine of war" (Shom-i-tâ-k'ia). A little of it, rubbed on a stone and mixed with much water, is a powerful medicine for protection, with which the warrior fails not to anoint his whole body before entering battle.
These amulets and implements of worship are well illustrated in the National Museum, and the subject merits extensive treatment. The facts connected with them will throw much light upon the mental characteristics and beliefs of the Zuñis. At some future time I hope to set this matter forth more fully.
Fig. 3.—Fossil fetich.
NOTE.—It is to be regretted that the haste in which this paper was prepared by the author, before his departure for New Mexico, to resume his researches among the Zuñis, made it impossible for him to discuss further this interesting subject. The abundant material in his possession, gained from actual membership in the order or society under discussion, would have rendered this comparatively easy under other circumstances.—Ed.
INDEX.
| Amulets of the Zuñis | [44] |
| Animal carvings, worship, Zuñi | [11] |
| A′shi-wa-ni or priests of Zuñi | [12] |
| A′shi-wa or Zuñi | [9] |
| Bear fetich, White, Zuñi | [40] |
| Ceremonials of the hunt, Zuñi | [33] |
| Charmes of the Zuñis | [44] |
| Coyote fetich, Zuñi | [26] |
| Distribution of the animals; Zuñi myth | [21] |
| Drying of the world; Zuñi myth | [13] |
| Eagle fetich, Zuñi | [29] |
| Falcon fetich, Zuñi | [30] |
| Fetich ceremonies connected with hunting, Zuñi | [33] |
| , Coyote; Zuñi hunter god of the west | [26] |
| , Eagle; Zuñi hunter god of the upper regions | [29] |
| , Mole; Zuñi hunter god of the lower regions | [30] |
| , Mountain lion; Zuñi hunter god of the north | [25], [40] |
| , Navajo pony | [44] |
| sheep | [44] |
| , Wild cat; Zuñi hunter god of the south | [27] |
| , Wolf; Zuñi hunter god of the east | [28] |
| , Zuñi falcon and ground owl | [30] |
| ground owl and falcon | [30] |
| knife feathered monster | [40] |
| white bear | [40] |
| Fetiches, Material used by Zuñis in making | [25], [40] |
| , Material used by Zuñis in ornamenting | [25], [40] |
| of Navajo origin | [44] |
| , Zuñi | [12] |
| , Council of the | [32] |
| , Custodianship of the | [30] |
| of the prey gods of the hunt | [20] |
| of the prey gods of the priesthood of the bow | [40] |
| Fetiches, Zuñi, of the prey gods of the six regions | [19] |
| , Place of deposit of | [31] |
| , Power of the | [15], [33] |
| , Relative value of the | [30] |
| Fetichism, Origin of Zuñi | [12] |
| God, Zuñi hunter, of the east | [28] |
| lower regions | [30] |
| north | [25] |
| south | [29] |
| upper regions | [29] |
| west | [26] |
| Gods, Zuñi prey, of the hunt | [20] |
| priesthood of the bow | [40] |
| six regions | [16] |
| Hunting, Zuñi ceremonials preceding | [33] |
| Iliad, the Zuñi | [12] |
| Knife-feathered monster fetich, Zuñi | [40] |
| Lucas, J. D., Shell gorget collected by | [29] |
| Medicine, Iroquois myth giving origin of | [18] |
| Mí-tsi, Zuñi myth of | [18] |
| Mole fetich, Zuñi | [30] |
| Mountain lion fetich, Zuñi | [25], [40] |
| Myth, Zuñi, of distribution of the animals | [21] |
| drying of the world | [13] |
| Mí-tsi | [18] |
| Pó-shai-an-kia; prey god | [16] |
| Navajo fetiches | [44] |
| Owl fetich, Zuñi | [30] |
| Pony fetich, Navajo | [44] |
| Po′-shai-an-k'ia; Prey god; Zuñi myth | [16] |
| Power of the Zuñi fetiches | [15], [33] |
| prey gods | [18] |
| Prayers of the Zuñi priesthood of the bow | [42] |
| , Zuñi, preparatory to the hunt | [33] |
| Prey gods, Zuñi, Ceremony attending worship of | [32] |
| of the hunt, Number of the | [25] |
| , Origin of the | [20] |
| , Relation of, to others | [20] |
| resemble prey gods of priesthood of the bow | [41] |
| , Worship of the | [33] |
| Prey gods of the six regions, Zuñi, Number of the | [16] |
| , Origin of the | [16] |
| , Power of the, as mediators | [18] |
| , Varieties of the | [24] |
| , Worship of the | [19] |
| priesthood of the bow, Zuñi | [40] |
| , Number of the | [40] |
| , Resemble prey god of the hunt | [41] |
| , Worship of the | [41], [43] |
| Priesthood of the bow, Prey gods of the Zuñi | [40] |
| ; Zuñi Prey Brother | [19] |
| Priests of Zuñi or A′-shi-wa-ni | [12] |
| Sheep fetich, Navajo | [44] |
| We-ma-we, Zuñi name for all fetiches | [12] |
| White bear fetich, Zuñi | [40] |
| Wolf fetich, Zuñi | [28] |
| World, Zuñi myth of drying of the | [12] |
| Worship of animals, Zuñi | [11] |
| Zuñi prey gods, Ceremony attending | [32] |
| of priesthood of the bow | [41], [43] |
| the six regions | [19] |
| Zuñi animal worship | [11] |
| fetiches, by F. H. Cushing | [1] |
| fetichism, Origin of | [12] |
| Iliad | [12] |
| mythology | [11] |
| or Á-shi-wi | [9] |
| philosophy | [9] |
| priest or Á-shi-wi-ni | [12] |