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9. Na"'wic; full company; belongs to Kockasits kiva; appears in 

 September masked dance always; appears sometimes at winter sol- 

 stice or summer solstice; accompanied by Gauwactca'ra and two 

 K'otcininako. 



10. Nai'yu; they live southeast of Acoma near a large red rock. 

 They used to come up to Acoma in the middle of the summer. They 

 brought with them a buckskin bag filled with seeds — aU kinds of seeds. 

 They dance in the village. They call all of the people to the plaza 

 to play a game with their bucksldii seed ball. The headman of the 

 Nai'yu draws a line on the ground; some of the people stand on this 

 Ime. Others, men and women, stand up on the roofs of houses. 

 Then the head Nai'yu stoops down to the ground, holdmg the ball 

 between his hands. Then he straightens up quickly, throwing the 

 ball over his left shoidder backward. If it hits some one, that person 

 will have good luck, live to be very old, have good crops, etc. He 

 will also receive some seeds. In return he must pay the Nai'yu with 

 a piece of buckskin. The people who are standing on the ground 

 must not move off the line, else they are disqualified. The Nai'yus 

 when they stoop down try to look up the women's dresses. This 

 causes the women to experience inordmate sexual desires. After the 

 ceremony, the Nai'yus carve representations of female genitalia on 

 the face of cliffs south of Acoma. I haA^e seen and photographed 

 these carvings. 



11. G'otitca'nicam'; full company; belongs to Coskats kiva; 

 appears at summer solstice; they live at Acoma on the northwest side 

 of the mesa; they clean out the water holes; they are good farmers 

 (gi'een bean vines are placed on the top of the mask when they dance). 



12. Nakutc (Red Eyes); full companj^; belongs to Haimatats kiva; 

 appears at the winter solstice; lives at Wenimats'; carries rattle in 

 right hand and bow and arrow in the left. Nakutc used to guard the 

 cornfields at Wenimats'. He had a camp there and always had a 

 fire going. He used to roast com. Smoke would get in Ms eyes and 

 make the tears come. "VYhen they smarted he would rub them. 

 His eyes became red and inflamed; that is why he is called Nakutc. 

 He was an expert com roaster; other k'atsina used to get him to roast 

 com for them. But he had a very ugly disposition. Wlien some one 

 woidd come near liis fields, he would throw rocks at him with his 

 sling (yauc Bunin). But if the visitor were not afraid, if he did not 

 run away, Nakutc would then let him come closer. 



Nakutc also appears in the rmxed dance, G'aiya'. 



13. Tcainokanatca; fuU company; belongs to Daut'korits and to 

 Coskats kivas; they talk an unintelhgible language; they are good 

 hunters and feed the K'otcininakos; thej^ appear at the winter 

 solstice. 



