276 TUSAYAN KATCINAS Ikth. ann. 15 



came to the liatchvray. They had a (Inimmcr with a Paiutc diuin. made 

 of a bundle of skins wraiijK'd in an ol)lonj;' jiackajje, (»n wliicii he heat 

 with a stick hehl in both liands. The persons perfornied a dance, wliicli 

 thej' accompanied with a sonj;. They likewise talked, cracked jokes, 

 and presented the rabbits to the assembled women. 



After them there came others from the Nacabkiva, each with a crook 

 in the left hand and a rattle in the rif^ht. These wore grotesque masks, 

 cue represeutiujf an old woman with a long crooked staff in her hand. 

 Their bodies were whitened and they wore saddle-mat kilts around their 

 loins and tortoise rattles on the right leg. They sang a very spirited 

 song, shaking their rattles as they advanced. These were six in num- 

 ber and were called the Powamfikatcinas. Directly after them there 

 came a band of Tatcii'kti, who sang and danced on the roof of the 

 kiva. The old men within repeatedly invited them to enter the room, 

 and a dialogue of some length ensued Their leader carried a large 

 basket tray in which were four cones made of wood and each mud-head 

 had in his hand a wooden rod and an eagle feather. The leader placed 

 the cones in the middle of the floor in a pile, one above the other, near 

 the fireplace. The others danced around tlie jiile, roaring a song with 

 much dramatic action, and heaped up ears of corn in the tray. 



They then brought a young married woman from those assembled to 

 the middle of the floor, where she knelt and tried without success to 

 lift the cones as high as the staff which the leader held beside them. 

 Four or five other women tried in turn, and all failed. The mud- 

 heads then divided the cones into two piles and one of the women 

 lifted them the required height. All the Tatcii'kti ' then fell down on 

 the fioor and kicked their heels in the air, while certain of them stood 

 on their heads for a minute or two. The woman who was successful in 

 lifting the cones received the contents of the tray. The Tatciik'ti then 

 left the room and the Katcinas returned and unmasked, indicating 

 that this part of the ceremony was over. 



January 21 — During last night there were ceremonials which were 

 not seen in the Monkiva, in which it was said the Ahii'lkatcina made 

 parallel marks in meal on the four sides of the kiva and upon the ceiling 

 and floor as in the Mamzrauti and other ceremonials. A basin with 

 sprouting beans, which had been planted at the full of the Pamiiiya 

 or Pa moon (January 2) and which were about a foot high, was brought 

 from one of the houses opposite the Tcivatokiva. The beans, which 

 were growing in a basin, were plucked from the sand, tied into a sepa- 

 rate bundle, and given to Ahii'lkatcina. A large squirrel-skin was filled 

 with meal and given to him, and he was handed also a wooden staff (mchl- 

 koliu). The large discoidal mask characteristic of this personage had 

 a pouch-like attachment of buckskin which was pulled over the head, 



'These men were from the Alkiva. They wore the knob-liead helmets aud their bodies were 

 staint-d red. Each earried a rattle in the right and an eagle featlier in the left hand, and had a ]iouch 

 of Hkin or other material slung over the right shoulder. This held com. beans, and other seeds, which 

 thej gave to the women and elders. 



