Fig. 3—Pauper.
The war chief performs minor duties which would otherwise fall to the war priest. It is the duty of the war chief to patrol the town during the meetings of the cult societies and to surround the village with mounted guardsmen at the time of a dance of the Ka´-ᵗsu-na. A Mexican, especially, must not look upon one of these anthropomorphic beings. The war chief also directs the hunt under the instruction of the war priest and vicar. It is not obligatory that he participate in the hunt; his vicar, as his representative or other self, may lead the huntsmen. The governor sees that the civil laws are executed, he looking after the more important matters, leaving the minor cases in the hands of the magistrate. He designates the duties of his people for the coming day by crying his commands in the plaza at sunset.
Wizards and witches are tried and punished by the war priest; and it has been but a few years since a man and his wife suffered death for practicing this diabolical craft. Their child, a boy of some twelve years, ([Fig. 3]), is a pauper who at times begs from door to door, and at other times he is taken into some family and made use of until they grow tired of dispensing their charity. The observations of the writer led her to believe that the boy earned all that he received. Socially, held in contempt by his elders, he seems a favorite with the children, though this unfortunate is seldom allowed the joy of childish sport. He is, however, a member of one of the most important cult societies (the knife) belonging to its several divisions.
The clans (há-notc) now existing among these people are the
| Yá-ka | Corn |
| Shurts-ŭn-na | Coyote |
| Tá-ñe | Squash |
| Há-mi | Tobacco |
| Ko-hai | Bear |
| Ti-ä´-mi | Eagle |
There is but one member of the eagle, one of the bear, and one of the squash clan, and these men are advanced in years. There is a second member of the squash clan, but he is a Tusayan by birth. The only clans that are numerically well represented are the corn and coyote. There is but one family of the tobacco clan.
The following are extinct clans:
| Shi-kĕ | Star |
| T́a-wac | Moon |
| O´-sharts | Sun |
| Tä´ñe | Deer |
| Kurtz | Antelope |
| Mo´-kaitc | Cougar |
| Hĕn´-na-ti | Cloud |
| Shu´ta | Crane |
| Ha´-pan-ñi | Oak |
| Ha´-kan-ñi | Fire |
| Sha´-wi-ti | Parrot |
| Wa´pon | White shell bead |
| ᵗ´Zi-i | Ant |
| Ya´un-ñi | Granite |
| Wash´-pa | Cactus |
The writer could not learn that there had ever been more than twenty-one clans, and although the table shows six at the present time, it may be seen from the statement that there are virtually but two.