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which differs quite essentially from the Kor-kok-sJii. The 

 dance seemed to be in commemoration of the arrival of the 

 corn personified in a being called the Meat-ta-tash-a or 

 the "Long Corn." 



In the late afternoon of the day before this dance I ob- 

 served a single " ' Iid-ko" approaching the pueblo along the 

 northern bank of the river. 



He wore a long, white blanket with ornamented border 

 and carried in his hands two long yucca palm leaves. 

 Upon his head there was a rounded helmet, upon the apex 

 of which projected a rounded stick tipped 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 outward like a ruff. A bell jingled on 

 his leg and there were elaborate moccasins on his feet. 

 The Meat-ta-tash-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 

 squaws approached the sky-hole bearing bowls of food and 

 great bundles of He-we or wafer bread 1 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-sho-wah- 

 wey, known as Nar-weesh, accompany the singers with 



i Probably interesting ceremonials take place in the estufa but I have been un- 

 able to witness them . 



