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It is now time for Tsitsiinits to arrive; the war chief sends a lieu- 

 tenant to get him. Tsitsunits and the g'omaiowic approach, "hal- 

 looing like k'atsina." They cry "Ho, ho, ho, ho!", or "Ho-o-o-o-o!", 

 or "Hu lu lu lu!" They traverse the circuit of the eight dancing- 

 stations (see fig. 1), walking very fast. Then they go up on top of 

 Mauharots. There they halloo and stamp their feet very fast; this 

 is to frighten the children. The entrance to the estufa is covered 

 with a buffalo hide. Two or three of the men who are assisting 

 Tsitsunits lift one side of this cover and thrust their foreai-ms (which 

 are painted white) inside; their hands are filled with fruit or nuts. 

 The sponsors scramble to get these gifts for their children. (Some- 

 times a sponsor has himself hidden away some gift, which he slyly 

 produces for his ward.) The children arc told that these gifts have 

 come to them from the k'atsina. Tsitsunits and his men sing a few 

 songs on top of the chamber. 



At the close of the songs on the roof, the cacicjue rises and goes to 

 the altar. He picks up a small pottery bowl of ashes mixed with 

 water. He carries it toward the fireplace, pauses, 

 and hurls it toward the roof opening.^" Immediately 

 the buffalo hide is snatched away and Tsitsiinits 

 comes rushing down the ladder (his back toward 

 the rungs), followed by the g'o'maiowic. Tsits- 

 iinits goes about in a menacing attitude, glaring 

 at the children. He brandishes his whip. The 

 g'o'maiowic rim around the chamber frightening 

 the children. "Oh, look at all the children in here! figure 2.— Diagram 



TT T 1 IT • 1 o)* 7 4 1^^ Mauharots. the 



How did you all get m here.i^ they ci-y. And head estufa. ts= 



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All you children are going to get a whippmg! m-epiace 



Tsitsiinits goes to the east end of the tsiwai'mttyim (the planks 

 over the resonance chamber, fig. 2) and begins to dance. He dances 

 two songs and then goes over to the east end. Then the sponsor 

 who is nearest the west end rises and places his child on the center 

 of the tsiwai'mttytm, facing south. He causes the child to lean forward ; 

 the sponsor clasps the child's hands in his. Tsitsunits then strikes the 

 child four times with his soap-weed whip: twice on the back near 

 the shoulder blades, once on the back of the legs between hip and 

 knee, and once on the calves of the legs. The child and his sponsor 

 then exchange places, and Tsitsiinits whips the sponsor in the same 

 way. All the while the g'o'maiowic run and jump about the room 

 yelling "Oh, look at the blood! Look at the blood, how it's running 

 down!" etc. 



** I could not learn why this is done. Ashes are used in other connections as a prophylactic against 

 witches. 



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