March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi — Voth. 75 



Returning to the room where the young man was sitting, they con- 

 versed together for a while. "Very well," the maiden said, "I shall 

 now save the corn-meal that I am grinding, then sometime I shall 

 come over to your house." Whereupon they separated, the young 

 man going back to his house, and the mana also retiring for the night. 

 Hereupon the maiden ground blue com for four days. On the fifth 

 day she ground white corn. Every evening the young man brought 

 over some fresh sweet corn-ears, which the people of the house ate. 

 In the evening of the fifth day he did not bring any, but he came to 

 fetch his bride. She and her mother filled a large tray full of the 

 white meal, tied it up in an atrto, which she then took in her hands, 

 and followed the young man to his house. When they arrived there 

 he went in first. His grandmother welcomed the maiden to her 

 house and invited her repeatedly to come in. The young man also 

 told her to come in. 



So she entered. She first handed the tray with meal to the grand- 

 mother, who thanked her for it, and put the meal away. They then 

 ate the evening meal, which consisted of corn, melons, and water- 

 melons. After having conversed for some little time they retired for 

 the night, the mdna sleeping with the grandmother. Early in the 

 morning when the yellow dawn was appearing the grandmother and 

 the maiden went out to kuivato (to make prayer-offerings, consisting 

 of sacred meal, to the dawn and rising sun). Returning to the kiva, 

 the grandmother got out four Kohonfno trays (chukuvotas) and a 

 lot of com, which the mana was shelling, filling the four trays. When 

 they were filled, the grandmother told her grandson to go and call 

 his animals. 



He went out and called them by saying "pi-pi-pi-pi!" whereupon 

 a great many chickens came running to the kiva. When they had 

 come in, the young man first took one tray, scattering the com to 

 the chickens. When they had eaten that he scattered the com from 

 another tray, and so on until they were all emptied. He then told 

 them to sit down on the banquette that was running along the wall 

 all around the kiva, which they did. The four empty trays he placed 

 in a row north of the fireplace. Hereupon he said to the chickens: 

 " I am going to sing for you now, so you listen to me attentively, and 

 then afterwards sing the same way." 



Hereupon he hung a little drum over his shoulder, gave a signal 

 on the drum, when all the chickens looked at him and listened at- 

 tentively, while the young man sang the following song, accompanying 

 it by beating the drum : 



