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from now you must dress up and get ready. They must get ready to 

 have a Katcina race with my young men. Four of your men shall 

 dress up as Katcinas. " Hereupon he returned to his village. 



The young men again practiced for three days and then they pre- 

 pared for the Katcina race. Their mothers cooked ttihpavu (steamed 

 sweet corn-ears), and the next morning four of the young men pro- 

 ceeded to Aoatovi, taking the presents with them. One was dressed 

 as H6msona,* the second as a Chilitoshmoktaka,^ the third as an 

 Angwushngontaka,^ and the fourth as a SiEapku.^ When the Kat- 

 cinas came to Aoatovi they entered the plaza, which was very much 

 like the one in Shongopavi at the present day. In the center was a 

 shrine. They laid down their sweet corn on the ground and waited. 

 The Katcirra chief of the village cried out: "Now then, you young 

 men come here. These Katcinas have come here to have a race with 

 you. They have come to you. " The men of the village now crowded 

 into the plaza and the race commenced. The presents which the 

 Katcinas had brought were decreasing. Sometimes the Katcinas 

 won the race, at other times the others won. When there was only 

 one bunch of corn ears left, one of the Aodtovi young men placed it 

 aside, saying, that he was going to win it. The H6msona Katcina 

 challenged him to a race, so the two raced, but the Katcina remained 

 way behind. When the young man who had outrun the Katcina 

 by far, returned, the H6msona grabbed him by the hair, threw him 

 down on his back, sat on his body, jerked out his knife, of which every 

 H6msona Katcina carried one to cut the loser's hair, thrust the knife 

 into his throat and cut it. Having done this the H6msona ran to- 

 wards the other Katcinas where also the Katcina chief of the village 

 was standing with his com meat and nakwakwosis, which he was to 

 hang to the Katcinas prior to their departure. But the H6msona, as 

 soon as he had arrived, motioned to "the other Katcinas to run, 

 whereupon they left the village without waiting for the prayer-offer- 

 ings. 



When the people saw that the young man who had raced with 

 the Katcina did not retufn they were suspicious that something had 

 happened. "Oh!" they said, "that young man is not returning 

 and here these Katcinas are running away. He probably has hurt 

 that young man." Hereupon they rushed to the end of the village 

 where the murder had occurred. Here they found that the young 



> The-One-With-The-Hair-Tied-Uu. 



■^ The-One-With-The-Ground-Spanish-Pepper-Wrapped-Up. 

 " The-One-With-The-Crow-Feathers-Around-The-Neck. 

 ■• The-One-With-The-Yellow-Painted-Face. 



