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In the afternoon a medicineman came out and told the gowatcanyi 
to be ready that night. At sunset a Caiyeik came out and brushed 
the meal line away from the house. The gowatcanyi went to their 
room and dressed; they wore only a breechcloth and a woman’s 
belt and moccasins. Then they returned to the Caiyeik house, 
entered and sat down and smoked. Then after a while the Caiyeik 
nawai put the three gowatcanyi in a line. The parents of the boy 
who was going to be initiated came in and sat down. The candidate 
had not come in yet. Then the Caiyeik nawai began to talk about 
how they were going to initiate a new member. He said that the 
candidate was going to be born again “just like a little baby;’ he 
was going to become a new person. Then they began to sing. After 
a while two Caiyeik medicinemen (one on each end of the line of 
shamans sitting behind the yapaicini) got up and came out in front 
of the altar and began to whip disease, or evil influence, away with 
their hicami (eagle plumes). The other medicinemen were back of 
the altar singing. When the song was ended the two curing shamans 
sat down. Other songs were sung; sometimes other shamans would 
go out and whip disease away. Between songs the medicinemen 
smoked. They sang about seven songs. 
Then the nawai of the Sia society stood up, picked up an iariko 
in each hand and went out in front of the altar. While he danced 
the others sang the following song: ” iariko (corn-ear fetish) kokoya 
(sit down), iariko kokoya, iariko kokoya, kokoya, kokoya ...a ! 
hawi (which) koyatc (game) dyanyi (deer) koyate karotsiniya (for 
its, 1.e., the game’s sake) iariko kokoya, kokoya, kokoya...a! 
At the end of the song the nawai put the iarikos down and resumed 
his seat. Then the Caiyeik shamans began a song, a slow song, 
this time. When they had finished two verses someone knocked at 
the door. The shamans stopped singing. The one outside the door 
asked if they would allow him to come in. They answered ‘Yes!’ 
He then asked if Masewi and Oyoyewi and tsatyao hotcanyi (the 
outside chiefs, i.e., Masewi and Oyoyewi and the gowatcanyi) were 
there. ‘Yes!’ was the answer. Then he asked if they wanted to 
have the ‘‘new born boy” brought in. ‘Yes!’ ‘Will you believe in 
him?” “Yes!” Then they sang again, slowly. The door opened 
and a medicineman led the candidate in. ‘The medicineman walked 
in slowly; he had an eagle wing feather in each hand, held backward 
over his shoulder. The candidate followed him, holding on to the 
tips of these plumes. A medicineman walked behind the candidate; 
he was dressed just like him. They had rings of grass around each 
arm at the biceps, and a sling from the right shoulder to the left 
27 This song was recorded and deposited in the Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, N.Y. It wassubsequently 
acquired by the Archives of Folk and Primitive Music, Indiana University. 
