e serpent to the hot spring, sprinkling him all the
while with sacred meal. Upon reaching the spring the serpent
entered it, the maiden following, and she became the wife of the
K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si.

The K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si soon appeared with the two Soot-[=i]ke
who had been dispatched for him. They did not travel upon the earth,
but by the underground waters that pass from the spring to the spirit
lake. Upon the arrival of the K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si, the Kaek-l[=o]
issued to this assemblage his commands, for he is the great father
of the K[=o]k-k[=o]. Those who were to go to the North, West, South,
East, to the Heavens, and to the Earth to procure cereals for the
[=A]h-shi-wi he designated as the Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya. Previous to
this time the [=A]h-shi-wi had subsisted on seeds of a grass. "When
the seeds are gathered," he said, addressing the serpent, "you will
carry them with water to the [=A]h-shi-wi and tell them what to
do with the seeds. I will go in advance and prepare them for your
coming." "But," said his people, "you are our father; you must not
walk," and the ten K[=o]-y[=e]-m[=e]-shi accompanied him, carrying
him on their backs, relieving each other when fatigued. The
Kaek-l[=o] visited the [=A]h-shi-wi nine days in advance of the
Sae-lae-m[=o]-b[=i]-ya and K[=o]-l[=o]-oo-w[)i]t-si, instructing the
people regarding the K[=o]k-k[=o], how they must represent them in the
future and hold their ceremonials, and telling them that the boys must
be made members of the K[=o]k-k[=o], and that this particular ceremony
must occur but once in four years. He also gave to the people the
history of himself, how the duck had befriended him and led him to the
home of his people.

BIRTH CUSTOMS.

Having now briefly sketched the mythology relating to the ceremonials
to be described, I invite your attention to the main subject of the
present paper: the Religious Life of the Zuni Child.

First we will notice the birth customs.

Zuni child life may be divided into two parts. One I will call the
practical or domestic; the other, the mythologic or religious. The
former is fairly exemplified in the habits, customs, games, and
experiences of our own domestic child life. The other is essentially
different; in it are involved the ceremonials, legends, and myths
which surround the Zuni child from its birth.

Previous to the birth of a child, if a daughter be desired, the
husband and wife proceed together t