March, 1905. The Traditions of the Hopi • — Voth. 215 



81. HOW THE COYOTES HAD A KATCINA DANCE." 



At Squash Seed Point (Batang\oc Toika), lived the HAaa Katcina. 

 North of there lived the Hototo Katcina. At Put^tokaovi lived the 

 Sohdncomtaka Katcina, north of the village lived the Red Eagle 

 (Palakway) Katcina, and at Katcinvala lived many Katcinas. At 

 Ishmovala lived the Coyote and his wife. The Coyote used to see 

 the Katcinas come and have their dances and processions, and one 

 time said to his wife: "We are going to do that, too. People like to 

 see this." 



In the morning the Coyote went out, and standing on the roof of 

 his kiva he called out to his friends, the Coyotes, that they should 

 come and assemble in his kiva. Soon they came from all sides, 

 many of them. When they had all assembled he said to them: "I 

 want to 'overtake' something, too, like these Katcinas do. To-mor- 

 row we shall have a Katcina dance, so you go to the village, and if 

 you find something in the rear of the village such as feathers, pieces 

 of skin, etc., bring it here." They all declared themselves willing. 

 The Coyotes thus went out and went around the village hunting for 

 pieces of skin, feathers, pieces of gourds, especially the necks of long- 

 necked gourds, and brought all these things to the Coyote's kiva. 

 Here they sewed up kilts, made bunches of feathers for head-dresses, 

 etc., thus working all day. Each one prepared a costume of a Kat- 

 cina that he had seen. During the night they slept there. 



In the morning one of the Coyotes went to the place where the 

 HAaa Katcina always dresses up; two others to the place where the 

 Hot6to dresses up; one to the place of the Sohdncomtaka; one dressed 

 up like the PaUkwayo at the place where that Katcina lives ; and a 

 number of others went to Katcinvala. When all were ready the 

 Hdaa shouted four times and then went northward where he was 

 joined by the two Hot6tos, then by the next ones, and these by the 

 Palakway, and finally by the Katcinas at Katcfnvala. They all then 

 went to the Coyote's house at Ishmovala. The Coyote and his wife, 

 who lived here had not gone along but had remained with' their chil- 

 dren. Here the Katcinas now had a dance. 



The Oraibi happened to have a Coyote hunt on this day. Some 

 of them went southward, others northward, from the village ,| forming 

 a large circle, and then proceeding towards the village. But they 

 found no Coyotes because the latter were all assembled at ishmovala. 

 While they were still dancing, the Oraibi came upon them' and at 



> Told by KwAyeshva (Oraibi). 



