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of course they did not wear masks; their faces looked the way the 

 masks do to-day). They came into the plaza. Masewi and his 

 brother went forward to meet them, handing them bunches of prayer 

 sticks. The other people were close behind and they, too, met the 

 k'a-'tsina. Then the k'a"'tsina distributed presents. They carried 

 small buckskin bags with them. When they were opened and their 

 contents discharged they became magnified and multiplied manifold. 

 They had bows and arroMS, clothing (for the people were still naked), 

 pottery, flints, buckskins, tools, etc., which they distributed to the 

 people. The k'a-'tsina then instructed the people in the uses of all 

 the gifts, and they made inquiries regarding the clans. (Just what 

 inquiries and why I do not know. It seems they merely asked each 

 person what clan he belonged to.) Then Masem and Oyoyewi told 

 the people that they must "believe in the k'a-'tsina," that they were 

 powerful, that they were rain makers. Then the k'a^'tsina began to 

 dance in the plaza. They danced all day. In the evening they left, 

 returning to We'nimats', their home in the west. The scouts told 

 the people, before leaving, that if they wanted the k'a-'tsina to come 

 they should make prayer sticks and worship to them. In each case 

 the scouts would come to announce the k'a"'tsina four days before 

 their arrival. 



Then the people were happy. They had food, tools, clothing, and 

 weapons. When they became bored or lonesome they had the 

 k'a-'tsina come to dance for them. They had learned many things, 

 hunting, a few games, etc. They made herb brew which they used as 

 an emetic. (This is said to be very healthful. If one drinks brew 

 and vomits upon arising in the morning he "will feel good all day.") 



After a time the people decided to move from Shipap', for it was a 

 very sacred place and they feared they might defile it. So Masewi 

 decided to move to Kacikatcutia (White House) which lay to the 

 south. Leaving Shipap', they migrated to Kacikatcutia, where stood 

 the White House. They settled there. 



When they had become established in their new home they decided 

 to try to call the k'a-'tsina; they were not sure that they would come 

 to their new home. So they made prayer sticks and worshipped as 

 they had been taught. The scouts came, followed after four daj's by 

 the k'a-'tsina. In the evening, following one of these dances, the 

 people were gathered in a large room to play at aioak'utyeyi (liidden 

 ball). They were in high spirits; everyone was happy. It occurred 

 to one man to show the others how one of the k'a'tsina had danced. 

 He danced, exaggerating the peculiarities of the k'a-'tsina. Everyone 

 laughed. Then others gave comic imitations of various k'a''tsina. 

 This caused great merriment among the spectators. Suddenly some 

 one left the room. It was Mac'tuiktsatca't', a k'a-'tsina who had 

 been sitting in the room all the time. They tried to catch him, but 



