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this way, and the Ivatciiias must not be spoken of in public. Iiitiwa 

 and Pauwatiwa began luakiug pahos in tbe Monkiva witliout prelimi- 

 nary ceremony at about 9 a. m., and fifteen other priests removed 

 the masks and redecorated them, after having' scraped off the old paint 

 remaining from other ceremonials. 



All the masks were finished about 7 ji. m., after which Suiioitiwa 

 and the other elders brought fox-skins and other paraphernalia into 

 the kiva, where Kw;itcakwa, Kopeli, Tciibi, Kakapti, and four or 

 five other men began to decorate their bodies with pigment, using a 

 pale-red iron oxide (ci'ita) on their legs, knees, and waists. They 

 daubed the whole upper leg above tlie knee with a white i)igment, and 

 drew two lines across the shins, the fore and upper arms, and on each 

 side of the chest and abdomen. Tiie entrance into the katciuaki, or 

 paraphernalia closet, was open while this took place. 



The masks were all ornamented with large clusters of feathers. 

 They were tied to the head with a loose loop across the top which 

 slipped over the crown where the plumage rested, and there were 

 strings at the sides of tlie mask by which they were attached. The 

 body was ornamented with ribbons, red flannel, and other articles of 

 white man's make, which are innovations. 



Kwatcakwa, who later personated a Tcukuwympkiya, drew a broad 

 band of white clay across his shins, thighs, arms, and body. A great 

 wisp of coruhusks was tied in Lis hair, which was all brought forwai'd 

 and coiled over the forehead. The others donned their kilts, necklaces, 

 turquoise eardrops, and moccasins. Each one wore a fox-skin hanging 

 tail downward at tlie loins, and on the left leg below the knee a string 

 of bells, while the majority had garters of blue yarn. Their hair, which 

 was first bound in long cues, wrapped high with strings, was later 

 loosened, hanging in a fine fluffy mass. 



Sakwistiwa, who was the puciiciitoi or drummer, wore pantaloons 

 held up by a belt of silver disks, and a grotesque mask. All left the 

 kiva immediately after their disguises were completed and assembled in 

 the Monkiva court. 



Intiwa hurriedly but thoroughly swept the floor of the chamber, 

 during which time a number of women and children came down the 

 ladder, filling the spectators' part of the room. The assembled group 

 of Katcinas prayed and then went out, but about fifteen minutes later 

 returned to the kiva entrance and shook their rattles at the hatchway. 

 " Yuiiya ai," "come, assemble," said the old men, and the women invited 

 them to come down, which they did. KwAtcakwa, who personated the 

 Niiviikkatcina, entered, followed by ten others. They assembled in a 

 semicircle, each with a rattle in the right hand and a spruce bough in 

 the left. Intiwa sprinkled with meal all who came, after which they 

 performed a dance, in which, however, tlieir leader did not join. 



Before they finished a band of ten men, disguised as Paiutes, carrying 

 bows and arrows, rabbits, and small game which they wished to trade, 



