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her father if she could follow him to his home. Ivimaco gave his 

 consent. So the daughter followed hini and Lniitated liim. They 

 went about the village; everyone was pleased. 



Ivimac" liked Tsictik'a'tsame and asked him to come to his home. 

 So he came to the house of the chief. Ivimac" invited him to be seated 

 and offered him a smoke. ""Wliere do you Uve, son? " the chief asked 

 Tsictik'a'tsame. "At A-ko — at Tsicti'a'tsame," replied he. Then 

 Ivimac" asked Mm if he wanted his daughter. "Do you want her 

 to-day?" he asked. "No," Tsictik'a'tsame answered, "I am gomg 

 to stay here four days before I return." He wanted to prove himself 

 worthy before he took the gu'l home. 



On the first day Tsictik'a'tsame went hunting to the north. He 

 killed a big buck deer, which he brought back and gave to the girl's 

 father. The next day he went west. He 1-dIled an antelope, wliich 

 he gave to the chief. The following day he himted in the south, 

 where he Idlled a moimtain sheep (K'acKu). On the fourth day he 

 hunted in the east; he kUled a bison (Mocaitc) which he retm-ned to 

 Kimac". Then he asked the girl's father if he were satisfied. The 

 chief replied that he was. "Well, I have won her," said Tsictik'a't- 

 same, "I shall take her home to-morrow." 



On the morning of their departure the people gave the girl some 

 spruce boughs. Tsictik'a'same and Gacaiinako danced in the plaza. 

 Then they started homeward. The people at Ako were watcliing 

 for the return of Tsictik'a'tsame, intending to ridicule him for his 

 failure. But when they saw him retm-nmg with the chief's daughter 

 they all felt "cheap." Tsictilc'a'tsame was very proud. He decided 

 to have a dance in the village of Ako. So he and his wife went up on 

 top of the rock and danced in the plaza. Tsictik'a'tsame belonged 

 to the Tansy Mustard (I'sa) clan, so he stopped at the house of one 

 of the famiUes of this clan, where he and his wife were served with 

 food. In the evening they went to their home, west of the mesa. 

 The Akomeetc (Acoma people) told Tsictik'a'tsame that he was 

 welcome and invited him to come with his wife to the village to dance 

 whenever he felt like it. 



Tsictilv'a'tsame and Gacaiinako dance in the K'aiya during the 

 winter solstice (and at Christmas, If they decide to have it). Some- 

 times, at no particular tune, Tsictik'a'tsame and his wife come up 

 to the village to dance. The part of Tsictik'a'tsame is then taken 

 by one of the war chiefs. The part of Gacaiinako is taken always by 

 a man. The dancers need not belong to the Tansy Mustard clan. 

 (Gacaiinako is similar to K'otcininako except that she has a white face 

 instead of a yellow one.) 

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