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which differs quite essentially from tlie Kor-kok-shi. The 
chiiiee seemed to be in commemoration of" the arrival of the 
corn personified in u being called the Meat-ta-lasli-a or 
the "Long Corn." 
In the late afternoon of the day before this dance I ob- 
served a single " Ku-kd" approaching the pneblo along the 
northern bank of the river. 
He wore a long, white blanket with ornamented border 
and carried in his hands two long yncca palm leaves. 
Upon his head there was a rounded helmet, upon the apex 
of which projected a rounded stick tii)ped with feathers. 
There were also other larger feathers on the top of his 
head. Around his neck projected a thick collar of cedar 
boughs extending outw^ard like a ruff. A bell jingled on 
his leg and there wei'e elaborate moccasins on his feet. 
The Meal-ta-tasJi-a ambled slowly up the rise to the west 
of the pueblo upon which the corrals are situated and with 
low hoots entered the town unattended. He is a stranger, 
it is said, who has come to town and is at first treated as 
such. He made his way through the Sacred Plaza, up the 
lane which leads to the estufa adjoining the home of the 
Cacique of the Sun. He mounted the ladder and trotting 
around the sky-hole sprinkled here and there a little sa- 
cred meal uttering the low hoots which were the only vocal 
sounds he has made since he came to town. A moment 
later he descended to the room below and immediately 
squaAvs approached the sky-hole bearing bowls of food and 
great bundles of He-we or wafer bread' as if to bring him 
a feast. 
On the next day there was celebrated a dance in which 
the Ko-ko wear tablets and in which the Meat-ta-tash-a 
takes a prominent part. In this dance the Lar-sJio-wah- 
wey^ known as Nar-iceesli, accompany the singers with 
1 Probably interesting ceremonials take place in the estufa but I have been un- 
able to wituess tliem . 
