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Show point. At least two road segments have been carved out of the rock here. They are located at #9 and may be prehistoric or historic, or a combination of both. Just beyond #9 is Kolo.-wisi K'yakw'a, #10 the first of the four sacred springs along the trail. It is where the Kolo:wisi (commonly called the plumed serpent) lives. Offerings of cornmeal are made here by the pilgrimage participants, who stop at the spring going both ways. Offerings are made to the Kolo:wisi at a spring near Ojo Caliente (Kiap'kwena), and some anthropological writings have suggested that he is believed to live there, but Mr. Kallestewa was emphatic in saying that Kolo:wisi K'yakw'a is, "Where he lives." Matilda Coxe Stevenson was one of those who believed that Kolo:wisi lived at a spring at Ojo Caliente. She also, accurately, described the Kolo:wisi that is constructed by the Zunis and that appears in ceremonies in the village. It is approximately five foot long and made of deerskin and gourds (the Smithsonian Institution has in its collection a Kolo:wisi, and Zuni religious leaders have asked for its return). Kolo.-wisi K'yakw'a is mentioned in the migration narrative, along with the other three sacred springs along the trail to Kolhu/wala:wa. Stevenson also reports that Pau'tiwa (director-general of Kolhu/wala:wa) accompanies Kolo:wisi when he comes to Zuni during - 156 - |
