80 THE ACOMA INDIANS [eth. ann. 47 



won't be too frightened. He lives on the south side of the Acoma 

 mesa. 



45. Leoleobac'tca; one; Hves west of Acoma; appears at G'aiya; 

 during the dance he throws small balls of mud from the end of a 

 hickoiy switch; if he hits you, you will live a long time. 



46. G'o'yaotca; one; each estufa has a mask; appears sometimes 

 in the G'aiya; she (is an old woman) gives deer milk to cross children 

 who fret; sometimes at night she comes to a house and reaches mside 

 with a crook stick and hooks a child's leg. 



47. Ma'tsitsai'yackati'ta; one; appears in G'aiya; each kiva has a 

 mask; carries blood to children; hves west of Acoma. 



48. Basityamiti; one; lives north of Acoma; he comes with the 

 k'oBictaiya (maybe he is a k'oBictaiya, one informant said, rather 

 dubiously). 



49. Hawi'a; one; appears veiy seldom at the winter solstice (one 

 informant, about 35, said that he had never seen Hawi'a); he is a 

 k'atsina hotceni and lives at Wenimats'. He has a long blue penis 

 (he"'yina) which is a "sign to make you believe." One must "see 

 Hawi'ya before one can see the k'atsma close"; he "opens the 

 children." ^^ 



50. Tsitcukanackaiti, also called K'ohaiya (Bear) k'atsina; one; 

 mask kept in Haunatats, CutrLnits, and in Dautkorits; appears in 

 G'aiya; he is a k'atsina hotceni and hves at Wenmiats'. Another 

 informant stated that K'ohaiya k'atsma once had a race with a bear. 

 He won the race which entitled him to wear the bear's paws on his 

 face; they appear on the mask. 



51. K'ocai'ri k'atsina (the clown society is called K'acale); one; 

 mask kept in Mauharots; appears in G'aiya at winter solstice; carries 

 bunches of spruce (hak'ak'). He hves at Wenimats'. 



52. K'uuts' (antelope) k'atsina; hves at Wenimats'. ^^ 



53. Dyan' (Deer) k'atsma; one or two appear at the winter sol- 

 stice; they carry spruce. 



54. Gauwactca'ra; one; he carried a stool for the G'otctnaiako 

 who sit in the plaza durmg dances and rub a deer leg bone along a 

 notched stick. He comes at the winter solstice and also with He'mic 

 k'atsina, as a side dancer. Sometimes he comes with the Na'wic in 

 the September dance. 



55. Tsaiyakacdek" ; one; mask in Haimatats, Kockasits, and 

 CutrLnits kivas; comes sometimes at the summer dance (Natyati) 

 and sometimes at the solstices. He lives below Acoma on the west 

 side. At dances he thi'ows sometliing resembling a.xle grease at 

 spectators who are too close to the dancers. 



6' I could not understand the informant's remarks concerning Hawi'ya. It seems that the blue penis 

 is designed to carry conviction to skeptical minds. *'He opens the children" was stated several times, 

 but I could not understand what was meant. 



" There must be several of these. 



