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for defense. The head chief announced to all the people, "Prepare 

 for the coming fight. Meanwhile I shall go to Wenimats'." So he 

 set out for Wenimats'. There he sought out Aailv'an', two Tsitsiin'its, 

 two K'ak'uipe, Dyaits'ko'tunie, Nye'nye'k'a, Na^'yu, G'otitcanicame, 

 Masewi and Oyoj'ewi. 



He asked these k'a-'tsina to help the people of Kacikatcutia. 

 The k'a''tsina agreed to do so. It was planned that when the 

 k'a"'tsina dancers came to attack the pueblo these k'a"'tsina were 

 not to join m the fight, but were to stand by until about half of the 

 people had been killed, when they were to seize the dancers and 

 bring them to Masewi and Oyoyewi, who were to kill them. 



On the fourth day the k'a"'tsina left Wenimats' and set out for 

 Kacikatcutia. Some watchers in the pueblo saw them approaching 

 and gave the warning signal. All the able-bodied people in the 

 village came out to meet them. Then the fight began. They all 

 mixed together. Some of the k'a"'tsina tore arms or legs off the 

 torsos of young men and used them as clubs to beat others with. 

 The war chief was watching, and when about half of his people 

 had been Idlled he gave the signal to his friendly k'a-'tsina. They 

 ran about seizing the other k'a-'tsina and knocking them down. 

 Masewi and his brother ran up and cut their throats. This con- 

 tinued until all the hostile k'a''tsina had been dispatched. After 

 remaining inert for a while thej* would return to life and begin their 

 retreat to Wenimats'. 



The war chief and his people returned to the village, bringing 

 their k'a^'tsina friends with them. They took the k'a-'tsina to an 

 estufa and fed them. Then the war chief told all the people to make 

 prayer sticks and to bring them to the estufa where the k'a-'tsina were. 

 This was done, the prayer sticks being placed in baskets. These 

 the war chief gave to the two scouts and told them to take them 

 back to Wenimats'. He prayed and asked forgiveness of the 

 k'a''tsina, and asked for their help in the future. 



The scouts returned to Wenimats' with the prayer sticks which 

 they gave to the hotceni (chief), Kimac". Kimac° said that from 

 that time the k'a"'tsina would never return to the pueblo. Then he 

 directed the scouts to take some masks that had already been made 

 to Kacikatcutia and to tell the people that the k'a-'tsina would 

 never come again in person; instead, they were to wear those masks 

 when they danced, and that rain would follow. The people were 

 to pray to the k'a'tsina, and even though they would not be present 

 in person they would be there in spirit. But it would be necessary 

 for the dancers to believe in the k'a-'tsina and to treat them with 

 respect. 



\Mien the war chief received the masks he called the people to- 

 gether and told them never to ridicule or mock the k'a'tsina again. 



