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he drew aside a curtain from one of the inner chambers and in the 

 room behind the curtain were four round ovens (k6ici) dug into the 

 earth, in which an old woman kept up a fire. The Hawk-man then 

 grabbed the priest's son, threw him into one of the ovens, the old 

 woman spurting some medicine on him as he fell in. Hereupon the 

 other youths were thrown into the ovens. As soon as the costumes 

 were burned off the bodies, the Hawk-man took them out again and 

 placed all the bodies north of the fireplace in the kiva, and covered 

 them with the aforementioned piece of native cloth. When this was 

 done he sat down and sang a song over the bodies. Soon the bodies 

 under the cloth began to move and the priest's son was the first to 

 come out, the others following soon, all now being alive again. 



Hereupon he told them to sit down on the banquette on the west 

 side of the kiva. The old woman now came out and washed the heads 

 of the youths, giving a perfect white ear of corn (ch6chmingwuu) to 

 each one. The Hawk hereupon addressed them, saying: "Thanks, 

 that you are now done. You are now prepared. You can go home 

 now. Take your wood to the Blue Flute (Cakwalanvi) kiva, and 

 enter that kiva and remain there. Do not go into the houses to get 

 something to eat, but wait for me there. After sundown I shall come 

 to you." Hereupon he handed an eagle wing feather (kwdvotci) to 

 the priest's son, whereupon the youths left. 



When they came with their bundles of wood to the Blue Flute 

 kiva the people saw them and said: "Aha! the lazy boys have gotten 

 their o^vvn wood. Now maybe they will not steal any more." When 

 they had put down their wood, they ran to the houses where they 

 had gotten the burden straps and threw them on and into the houses, 

 without, however, entering them. They all returned to the kiva at 

 once without having partaken of any food. The sun had now gone 

 down. They waited awhile and after the evening dawn had dis- 

 appeared and it was quite dark they heard somebody come. It was 

 the Hawk, in whose kiva they had been, and he at once entered the 

 kiva. "Are you all sitting here?" the Hawk asked. "Yes, we are 

 all here. Sit down," the youths replied. So the Hawk took a seat 

 near the fireplace and at once filled a pipe and they all smoked. 



The Hawk had brought with him a small bowl and some kwfptoci 

 (meal from white com that has first been soaked and then popped). 

 Of this meal he made a gruel in the bowl, which he fed to the youths. 

 He then told them that they should not go home, but early in the 

 morning some of them should take a seat in the north end of the kiva 

 and the others in the south end of the kiva. The first should be 

 fire jumpers (Tovuchochoyanitam) and also Yd,yaatus. The others 



