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motion, and they carry in either hand triangular pieces made of slender 

 sticks ornamented with white fluffy eagle plumes. Passing one another, 

 they go some distance and turning repeat the figui'e. There is no 

 variation from this rigure during the dance. The others of the party 

 sing in Navaho while the two dance between the lines. The men wear 

 artificial mustaches of black goat's wool. " A ridiculous character 

 appears with these dancers, wearing an old pair of American trousers 

 and coat, an ash-colored mask with prominent nose, and a bushy wig; 

 he carries an old pistol. 



The Kia'kwemosi with others of the tirst bod}^ of A'shiwanni are in 

 in the Chu'pawa ki'wi'sine, while the Ko'mosona, pe'kwin, and others 

 are in the Mu'he'wa ki'wi'sine to receive the dancers. After dancing 

 in the chamber of the Ant fraternity, the party representing Navahos 

 proceeds to the Chu'pawa ki'wi*sine, which is by this hour crowded, most 

 of the north ledge being occupied by girls wearing black wraps over 

 their heads and shoulders so as to conceal their faces. One sparkling 

 eye only is to be seen through the folds of the blanket. They resist 

 all efforts to make them expose their faces. The circular opening in 

 the floor of the ki'wi'sine, symbolic of the entrance to the innermost 

 world, is exposed, and later, food and plumes are deposited within. 



The dancers form, as before, into two files, running lengthwise down 

 the room facing west, and dance. The queer-looking creature wearing 

 a mask crouches at the west of the fire altar and keeps up a violent 

 motion with the pistol which he carries, moving his head in time with 

 his hand. He makes man}^ jokes and the men joke with him. When 

 the two lines cease dancing, the boy and girl dance between the lines, 

 as before, to repeated encores. Finally some one cries: "Let them 

 stop; the}^ are tired.'- Others say: "Let them go on." They dance 

 thirty minutes. The men of the ki'wi^sine pass lighted cigarettes to 

 the dancers, who indulge in a social smoke. The following dialogue 

 between Nan'nahe, a Hopi Indian married to a Zuiii woman, and the 

 creature wearing the mask, causes great merriment: 



"Where did you come from?" " Over there," pointing to the east. "Have you 

 a father?" "No." "Have you a mother?" "No; they died long ago." "Have 

 yon brothers or sisters?" "No." " Do you know how to weave?" "No." "Do 

 you know how to do anything?" "No." "Do you have anyone to work for you?" 

 "No." " You must have stolen your beads; you must have stolen your pistol." " I 

 found an American sleeping and killed him and took his pistol. I would like to 

 trade this red ribbon on mj- pistol for a watermelon." A boy brings some melons, 

 which the man gral)S and tucks under his blanket, handing the ribbon to the boy. 

 "How did you get the wristlet you wear?" "I was lousy and a woman comljed my 

 hair; when she left I found this on my wrist." He endeavors to discharge the pistol 

 by pushing the trigger forward, which creates much anmaement. 



a The mustache Is worn in ridicule of the Navahos, as some of these people have slight mustaches. 

 The Zuiii regard such growth of hair as most disfiguring, and a man of the tribe who has any signs 

 of a mustache is jeered at by the others. 



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