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Show other signs of the future as they make this part of their pilgrimage. They recite prayers from the time they leave Number 32 until they reach this place. The Koyemshi then circle a small knoll just to the north of the shrine, where more petrified wood has been piled. They sing as they circle that place and move back to the southwest, to a peak, and from there to the summit of South Mountain, following a trail of cairns, which they repair as they go. Singing and praying as they go, they follow a trail straight across the mountain, over the Zuni River channel and then to the top of North Mountain. Zunis commonly refer to this mountain in their own language as Yala Lokyana, or Grey Mountain. Continuing south, they walk straight to the opening of the cave entrance to Kolhu/wala:wa. Stevenson published what she called "Song of the Koyemshi at Kolhu/wala:wa.": 238 Song of the Koyemshi at Kolhu/wala:wa Mountain sheep, mountain sheep, walking on the mountain edge. Here old gopher, many go up, many go up. Mountain sheep, mountain sheep, walking below. Here old gopher, many go down, many go down. When they reach the cave entrance, if the Komosona, Kopekwin and those with them have not emerged from the cave, the Koyemshi sit on low piles of stones and wait for them. The piles of stones are aligned almost due magnetic north. Number 33 is located near where the Koyemshi cross the Zuni River, where there is today severe gullying and piping erosion. A small fieldhouse and lithic scatter were found in this vicinity, #34 The mountains here appear to be mainly 238. Stevenson, op. cit., p. 156. - 164 - |
