FEWKES] THE CALAKO MYTH 667 
The flagellation, he told them, had been administered by Calako, who 
told him that he must endure this laceration before he could look upon 
the beings he had invoked; that only to those who passed through his 
ordeals could Calako become visible; and, as the lad had braved the 
test so well, he should thenceforth be chief of the Calako altar. The 
lad could not describe Calako, but said that his two wives were exceed- 
ingly beautiful and arrayed with all manner of fine garments. They 
wore great headdresses of clouds and every kind of corn which they 
were to give to the Hopi to plant for food. There were white, red, yel- 
low, blue, black, blue-and-white speckled, and red-and-yellow speckled 
corn, and a seeded grass (kwapi). 
“The lad returned to the altar and shook his rattle over the hole in 
the rock, and from its interior Calako conversed with him and gave him 
instructions. In accordance with these he gathered all the Hopi youths 
and brought them to the rock, that Calako might select certain of them 
to be his priests. The first test was that of putting their hands in the 
mud and impressing them upon the rock. Only those were chosen as 
novices the imprints of whose hands had dried on the instant. 
‘““The selected youths then moved within the altar and underwent 
the test of flagellation. Calako Jashed them with yucca and willow. 
Those who made no outcry were told to remain in the altar, to abstain 
from salt and flesh for ten days, when Calako would return and instruct 
them concerning the rites to be performed when they sought his aid. 
“Calako and his two wives appeared at the appointed time, and after 
many ceremonials gave to each of the initiated five grains of each of the 
different kinds of corn. The Hopi women had been instructed to place 
baskets woven of grass at the foot of the rock, and in these Calako’s 
wives placed the seeds of squashes, melons, beans, and all the other 
vegetables which the Hopi have since possessed. 
“Calako and his wives, after announcing that they would again 
return, took off their masks and garments, and laying them on the rock 
disappeared within it. 
‘“<Some time after this, when the initiated were assembled in the altar, 
the Great Plumed Snake appeared to them and said that Calako could 
not return unless one of them was brave enough to take the mask and 
garments down into the hole and give them to him. They were all 
afraid, but the oldest man of the Hopi took them down and was deputed 
to return and represent Calako. 
“Shortly afterward Masauwith stole the paraphernalia, and with bis 
two brothers masqueraded as Calako and his wives. This led the Hopi 
into great trouble, and they incurred the wrath of Muiyinwih, who 
withered all their grain and corn. 
“One of the Hopi finally discovered that the supposed Calako carried 
a cedar bough in his hand, when it should have been willow; then they 
knew that it was Masauwah who had been misleading them. 
“The boy hero one day found Masauwiih asleep, and so regained 
possession of the mask. Muiyinwih then withdrew his punishments 
