+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | FOOTNOTES: | | | | [1] The author mentions gratefully the share of this work performed | | by her late husband, Mr. James Stevenson, whose notes taken during | | his last year’s work in the field have been freely used by her and | | whose life interest in the North American Indians has been her | | inspiration. | | | | [2] Davis, Spanish Conquest of New Mexico, 1869, pp. 351, 352. | | | | [3] The writer is indebted to Mr. A. F. Bandelier for the | | information regarding the Catholic missions. | | | | [4] Sûs´sĭstinnako is referred to both as father and mother, he | | being the parent of all, and sometimes as grandmother or the first | | parent. | | | | [5] In this paper the words “cardinal points” are used to signify | | north, west, south, east, zenith, and nadir. | | | | [6] The Ï´ärriko or ya´ya (mother) is an ear of corn which may | | be any color but must be symmetrically perfect, and not a grain | | must be missing. Eagle and parrot plumes are placed in pyramidal | | form around the corn. In order that the center feathers may be | | sufficiently long they are each attached to a very delicate splint. | | The base of this pyramid is formed of splints woven together with | | native cotton cord and ornamented at the top with shells and | | precious beads. A pad of native cotton is attached to the lower | | end of the corn. When the ya´ya is completed there is no evidence | | of the corn, which is renewed every four years when the old corn | | is planted. The ya´ya is made only by the theurgists of the cult | | societies, and continency must be practiced four days previous | | to the making of the Ï´ärriko, and an emetic taken each of the | | four mornings before breaking fast for purification from conjugal | | relations. A ya´ya is presented by the theurgist to each official | | member, the little ones being apparently as appreciative and proud | | as their elders of the honor conferred upon them. The Ï´ärriko | | is the Sia’s supreme idol. The one given to the writer by the | | theurgist of the knife society is now in the National Museum. | | |