Here, too, can be seen
a quantity of firewood heaped as shown in the right-hand corner of
the illustration. Each man and woman deposited a piece, that he or
she might always have plenty of wood for heat and light. Some three
hundred feet above is another shrine, directly attached to the
"father" rock, and to the white man difficult of access. Here I found
many offerings of plume sticks (T[=e] l[=i]k-tk[=i]-n[=a]-we).
Before entering upon the purely mythologic phases of Zuni child life
I will present a brief sketch of some of the Zuni beliefs. There are
thirteen secret orders in Zuni, in many of which women and children
are conspicuous, besides the purely mythologic order of the
K[=o]k-k[=o]. All boys are initiated into this order, while but few
girls enter it. It is optional with a girl; she must never marry if
she joins the K[=o]k-k[=o], and she is not requested to enter this
order until she has arrived at such age as to fully understand its
grave responsibilities and requirements.
Let us follow the Zuni tradition of the ancient time, when these
people first came to this world. In journeying hither they passed
through four worlds, all in the interior of this, the passageway
from darkness into light being through a large reed. From the inner
world they were led by the two little war gods [=A]h-ai-[=u]-ta and
M[=a]-[=a]-s[=e]-we, twin brothers, sons of the Sun, who were sent by
the Sun to bring these people to his presence. They reached this world
in early morning, and seeing the morning star they rejoiced and said
to the war gods: "We see your father, of whom you have told us.
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