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tered and found here a great many different Katcinas. The youth 

 was the Circle (P6ngo) Katcina. Hereupon the youth handed the 

 mdna some pfki made of fresh roasting ears, and also some water- 

 melon slices, which she ate. They then remained in this kiva, the 

 mdna preparing the food for the Katcinas, and the latter preparing 

 the bridal costume for the m^na. Every night the P6ngo Katcina 

 would go to the village and dance, as already explained. When the 

 bridal costume was finished the m^na went home in the same manner 

 in which brides go home to-day. Her husband followed her, so they 

 lived in the house of her parents after that. Her parents now found 

 out that the husband of their daughter was a Katcina. 



By and by she bore two children, which were also Circle Katcinas. 

 One time the young mother was drying corn -meal, stirring it in a 

 pot over the fire. When she was done with this she left her house 

 and went to the edge of the mesa outside of the village. Her husband 

 had gone to visit the Katcinas at the Katcina kiva mentioned before. 

 While the woman was outside of the village some one approached 

 her. It was the Hot6to Katcina. He told her that she should go 

 with him, to which sh,e consented. They descended the mesa south 

 of the village and went' southward to Shong6pavi. When the Circle 

 Katcina returned to the house he found his wife gone. Following 

 her tracks, he found that she had gone away with some one, and soon 

 heard who it was that had taken her away. He returned to the 

 house, took his two children and went with them to the Katcina 

 house already mentioned. Here they remained. The two little 

 Katcinas learned the Katcina songs and dances. 



After a while the father and his two children concluded to try to 

 find the mother of the two youths. So the people cooked some 

 roasting ears and other food for them, whereupon they proceeded 

 to the village, taking the food with them. Here they danced at 

 Pisdvi, a place a short distance east of the Pongdvi kiva. While they 

 danced they sang the following song: 



Ahahahahai ahahaai 

 Ahahahaha ihihihihihi 

 Umungu uyungnaya 

 Umungu uchioli 

 Ahahahahai ihihihihi-hi-hi-hi. 



When they were through singing, the father asked the women among 

 the spectators whether some one would not nurse the children for 

 these roasting ears that they had brought with them, but no one 

 was willing. They went to the plaza, repeated their dancing and 



