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should be the singers (Tataolcam). Between the two parties he 

 sprinkled a meal line on the floor of the kiva. One he selected to 

 act as watchman. He should keep up the fires at the fireplace and 

 keep out intruders. He told them that they should remain in a sit- 

 ting posture in the kiva all of the next day and that they should fast 

 all day. In the evening he would return^and feed them again. Thus 

 they were assembled here in the kiva, and each one had his "mother" 

 (his white corn-ear) standing against the wall by his side. The people 

 were wondering, the next day why the little thieves, as they called 

 them, were not coming out to hunt something to eat. Finally one 

 of the women approached the kiva, looked in, and saw them sitting 

 in an erect posture. "Oh," she said to the people, "they are as- 

 sembled (ytingiota) in there." 



They remained in this way in the kiva for four days, their uncle 

 coming every night to feed them and look after them. Early in the 

 morning after the fourth day he washed their heads. The following 

 day it was Tot6kya (a name always applied to the day preceding a 

 ceremony). In the evening of this day the Hawk-man brought with 

 him the costumes for the youths, consisting of kilts, beads, eagle 

 feathers, twisted yarn (naalongmurukpu) , ear pendants, ankle bands, 

 and also some yellow paint (sil<ahpiki). All these he placed on the 

 floor north of the fireplace. During the night the youth who had 

 been watching the fireplace in the kiva dug four ovens on the plaza 

 south-west of the kiva, while the others buried a long cotton string 

 in the ground on the same plaza. They also stretched long strings 

 along the houses of the village, pasting them to the walls with q6mi 

 dough. Early in the morning the watcher of the kiva went around 

 through the village begging for some wood. With this he heated 

 the four ovens on the plaza. The people wondered what he was 

 going to do, some suggesting that perhaps he was going to bake 

 some pikami (a food prepared in small ovens outside of the houses 

 for festal occasions). 



While this youth was heating the ovens the Hawk dressed up 

 all the others in the kiva. He painted a wide yellow band from 

 shoulder to shoulder running down over the chest ; the lower arms and 

 lower legs he also painted yellow, and a yellow ring around the ab- 

 domen. Their faces he covered with corn-pollen. They had many 

 strands of beads and also some strands of the twisted yam consist- 

 ing of dark blue and brownish red yarn. Large bunches of eagle 

 feathers were tied to the top of their heads, and an eagle tail feather 

 was tied on each side of their head in^such a manner that their 

 points extended backward. From these tail Ffeathers were ' also 



