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south to the middle street; then east to the main plaza where they 

 plant the scalp pole in the center. 



The scalps are left in the plaza for four daj^s and four nights. 

 Each night they dance in the plaza for four nights. They do not 

 sleep, except to doze a few minutes between dancing. At the end of 

 the fourth day the scalps are taken to the house of the o^pi where 

 they are kept. (See fig. 1 for location of o'pi house.) The scalps 

 are now adopted into the pueblo. 



Preparations are now begun for the scalp dance nakats'niyanieteta 

 Dyu'. One of the head opi goes to one of the headmen of the 

 k'acale taldng four wasa'n' with cigarettes in a corn husk with corn 

 meal. He prays and requests the headman to have enough k'acale 

 for the dance. The other head o'pi goes to the other head k'acale with 

 a similar prayer and request. There were not enough k'acale at that 

 time, so it was necessary to recruit new members. They sought out 

 sons of former k'acale whom they compelled to go to the estufa to be 

 initiated. 



There were two groups of k'acale, one ha\Tiig headquarters in 

 Mauharots, the other in the Fire Society house. In addition to the 

 headman of each group there were two k'acale called cu't'pai'yatyam" 

 and Cpa't' pai'yatyam".*"' The other k'acale were called ocatc pai- 

 yatyamo (sun youth). In the dances under the supervision of the 

 k'acale the five estufas divided, Haunatats' and Kockasits dancing 

 with Mauharots; Coska'ts, Cutrini-ts, and Daut'kori'ts with the 

 k'acale in the house of the Fire society. 



The boys were taken into the estufas. (Narrator of this account 

 was taken to Mauharots.) There were many men there and one 

 woman, a medicine woman belonging to the Plint society. She was 

 k'acale, too. When all were assembled the head k'acale rose and 

 made a little speech. He told them that the k'acale belonged to the 

 Masewi, and that they were to help the opi at dances. Then the 

 woman approached the candidates with some ashes; the k'acale 

 headman brought some j'a'k'atca (reddish-brown paint). He wet 

 his finger, dipped it in the ya'k'atca and applied some to the crown 

 of the head, the breast, the palm of each hand, and the sole of each 

 foot of each candidate. Then he applied ashes in the same way. 

 The woman tore strips of corn husk, which she crimped, and hung 

 one from each temple of the initiated boys. They wore these for 

 many days. Then they all went home, with instructions to stand in 

 readiness for further orders. 



About a week later some of the boys were called into Mauharots; 

 the others were summoned to the house of the Fire society. It was 



M Cu't' is a small unidentified bird. Cpa't' is a mocking bird. The head war chief and this Iv'acale are 

 called cut* because they have access to any ceremony or household in the village, resembling the bird 

 by this name. Pai'yatyamo means "youth." 



