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meat and two big tubs of white bread and two baskets of paper bread 

 and baskets of dried peaches or anything else that they have. Then 

 the man who lias made the mask takes a roll of paper bread and a 

 little of every kind of food for the people at the Sacred Lake. Then 

 they all eat and the kiva chief takes the food he has saved and goes out 

 to Wide River " and feeds it to the people of the sacred lake, telling 

 them that they are sending to them a new person and asking that they 

 always remember him, that is, always send him to dance at Zuni. 

 . "Next day when they dance the man will wear the new mask. 

 Before putting on the mask he will say : 



Si hom fo' ta'tcili tekan-a. El hom ?o' 



Now me you father having shall live. Not me you 



kwaholaka afeumana teamekana. Tenimacte hot hom pena'kowa 



lierause of puniishing do (not) be. Be sure wherever my word according to 



somethmg 



homan ?o' elakwi homan fo' iekohanan cemana tekan-a. 



to me you stand before for me you life asking shall live. 



" 'Now we shall live together, having one another as father. Do 

 not be vindictive against me in your life. Be sure to do as I have 

 said. Now you stand before me. Ask for long life for me.' 



"Then he puts on the mask. When the dance is over he brings it 

 home. Ho has the buckskin covers ready, or if he has no buckskin 

 he uses anything to keep the dirt out. Then he just puts it away. 

 That is all. 



"When a mask is put away it is wrapped in buckskin or in cloths 

 to keep out the dirt and is hung from the roof or placed in a jar. 

 The dangeroiis ones are all kept in jars and all the old masks are 

 kept in jars like ettowe. The mask is never placed on the floor. 



"The mask is fed at every meal. Someone will go into the mask 

 room with some food and feed it to the mask. She will take off her 

 shoes before going into the room. Generally one of the older women 

 in the household goes in because she will say the best prayer. She 

 sets down her food and says : 



Hom a'tatcu ?on tinan lakiye. Itona'we'. Hon awonaya'tu. 



My fathers you sit firm. Eat. Our end reach. 



Yam tatc an oneal tacanakwin hon a'wona-ya'tu. 



Your father make the road long our end reach. 



" 'My fathers, you sit here still. Eat. Let us reach the end of 

 our road. Our father, make the road long and let us go on to the 

 end.' 



" West of the village. The usual place for offerings of food for the katcinas. The food is thrown into the 

 river and is thought to be carried by the river to the Sacred Lake. 



