loo Field Columbian Museum — Anthropology, Vol. Ill, 



sizes, here at the sipapu shall they know our ceremonies. Yes, they 

 shall know them ! Beautiful ladder beam, beautiful ladder rungs, 

 tied with turquoise strands to the ladder. Thus we came out. 



"Southward we came. On a road marked with beautiful white 

 corn seed we traveled. We beheld the house of the Mastop Katcina 

 chief. (PI. LVIII c.) A beautiful white mist enveloped the house» 

 Thus we went in. The Mastop Katcina chief was there. Having 

 beautiful white corn seed, beans, watermelons, muskmelons, he lived 

 there. Here these Oraibi children, little girls, little boys, of different 

 sizes, here at the sipapu shall they know our ceremonies. Yes, they 

 shall know them! Beautiful ladder- beam, beautiful ladder rungs, 

 tied to the ladder with turquoise strands. Thus we came out. 



"Northward we came. On a road marked with beautiful black 

 corn seed did we travel. We beheld the house of the Sohonsomtaka 

 Katcina. (PI. LVHI </.) A beautiful black mist enveloped the 

 house. Thus we went in. The Sohonsomtaka was there. Having 

 beautiful black corn seed, beans, watermelons, muskmelons, he 

 lived there. Here these Oraibi children, little girls, little boys, of 

 different sizes, here at the sipapu shall they know our ceremonies. 

 Yes, they shall know them. Beautiful ladder beam, beautiful 

 ladder rungs, tied with turquoise strands to the ladder ! Thus we 

 went out. 



"Westward we came. On a road marked with all kinds of beauti- 

 ful corn seed did we travel. We beheld the house of the Ho Katcina 

 chief. (See PI. LIX b.) A beautiful mist enveloped the house. 

 Thus we entered. The Ho Katcina chief was there. He had beauti- 

 ful corn seed of all kinds of colors, also beans, watermelons, musk- 

 melons, and thus he lived. Here these Oraibi children, little girls, 

 little boys, of different sizes, here at the sipapu our ceremonies they 

 shall know. Yes, they shall know them. Beautiful ladder beam, 

 beautiful ladder rungs, tied with turquoise to the ladder. Thus we 

 went out. 



"Southward we came. On a road marked with beautiful corn. seed 

 of all colors did we travel. We beheld the house of the Palakway 

 Katcina chief. (PI. LVHI ^.) A beautiful mist enveloped the 

 house. Thus we entered. The Palakway Katcina chief was there. 

 He had beautiful corn seed of different colors, beans, watermelons, 

 muskmelons, and thus he lived. These Oraibi children, little girls,, 

 little boys, of different sizes, here at the sipapu our ceremonies they 

 shall know. Yes, they shall know them. Beautiful ladder beam, 

 beautiful ladder rungs, with turquoise strands they are fastened to 

 the ladder. Thus we came out. 



