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ings in the different directions, but it did not rain. So the chiefs 

 and leaders were very much discouraged. Their "fathers," as they 

 had to call the Spanish priests, demanded food from them, and yet 

 they had very little to eat themselves, only some votdka (corn-meal 

 mush). 



So they decided to try the Katcinas again, and they arranged a 

 Katcina dance, but one of the Hopi went and informed the padres 

 that they were going to have a Katcina dance again ; then they had 

 the dance, and it rained some, but very little. The padres in the 

 meanwhile continued to oppress the Hopi and made them work very 

 hard, and demanded contributions of food, etc., from them. They 

 would also disregard all the feelings of the Hopi as to their own (the 

 Hopi's) religion. They would trample under foot the chastity of the 

 Hopi women and maidens. So finally the Hopi became angry and 

 began to discuss the advisability of getting rid of their oppressors. 

 One time a number of the latter went away, east somewhere, to get 

 some supplies, clothing, etc., it is said, so that the padre remained at 

 the Mission alone. When the Hopi saw that the priest's assistants 

 had left, they met in council in the Nashebe, the chief's kiva, and 

 talked the matter over. Some were in favor of going and killing the 

 padre, others objected, saying that certainly the Spaniards would 

 then come and punish them. But finally the party that was in favor 

 of getting rid of the oppressors prevailed, and they concluded that 

 they would stand the oppression no longer, but get rid of the priest. 

 The question then came up, Who should go and kill him? Nobody 

 wanted to do it. Finally the Badger clan volunteered to go. "You 

 are not brave," they said, "we shall go." 



So they proceeded to the Mission .and knocked at the door. The 

 padre was asleep and after they had roused him up he refused to open 

 the door at first, but when they continued to knock he opened the 

 door, whereupon they rushed into the room, grabbed him, dragged 

 him out of the house, threw him on the ground and then cut his throat, 

 one holding his head. Hereupon they carried the corpse eastward 

 down the mesa, where they threw it into a gulch and piled stones 

 upon it. Hereupon they waited for some time to see whether any- 

 body would come, or what would happen. 



The killing of the padre in Oraibi was the signal for the other 

 villages to get rid of the padres that lived at those mesas also. The 

 Hopi then waited, expecting that Spaniards would come and avenge 

 their brethren, but no one came, so they destroyed the houses of the 

 Spaniards, divided their logs arid timbers, and used them for their 

 kivas. Some of the smaller bells are still owned by the Agave Fratef- 



