872 ZUNI KATCINAS (eth. ann. 47 



It affects everyone, but especially young girls. It makes them follow 

 the one who has it, whether they want to or not. It is as if they were 

 crazy. They must go after anyone who has lahacoma. The Koyemci 

 always use it. Their father is always looking for lahacoma, and when 

 he finds it he puts it in their drum to make people come out to dances. 

 It must be true, because everyone always runs after the Koyemci as 

 soon as they hear their drum. They use it especially against people 

 who are not interested in anything and who never come out for dances. 

 They tell lahacoma to call them, and then they have to follow when 

 they hear the drum. And when once they come they must always 

 come after that whenever they hear the drum of the Koyemci. Other 

 dancers use lahacoma on their arm bands or painted on their masks 

 to make people come out. White missionaries have to come and ask 

 people to come to Sunday school or church, but we do not have to do 

 that. We have ways of making people want to come." 



During the summer dancers wear branches of spruce thnist into 

 their belts and armbands, and carry spruce in their hands. All female 

 impersonations carry spruce. "Even the Tcakwena wears spruce in 

 summer. It is to make the world green. In simimer the rain dancers 

 always dance in front of the house where the priests are in retreat,^- 

 and one of the priests comes out and sprinldes all the dancers with 

 meal and takes a branch of spruce." 



Objects carried. — All the dancing katcmas except a few, Towa 

 Tcakwena, Hilili, and a few characters in the mixed dance, carry gourd 

 rattles in the right hand and spruce in the left. The rattles are made 

 by shaking the seeds out of dry gourds and inserting in their place 

 small pebbles. The handle is inserted in the side. They are very 

 different in form and sound from the rattles of the medicine societies, 

 in which shells are used instead of pebbles. Special kinds of rattles 

 are carried by various katcina priests. Saiyataca, Hu'tutu, and the 

 Sitlimopiya carry rattles of deer scapulae, Kaklo carries a stuffed 

 duck skin hung with little tinkling shells, the Kana'kwe carry rattles 

 made of turtle shells, similar to those worn on the leg. 



Warrior impersonations carry bow and arrow in the left hand, in 

 addition to spruce, and frequently a bimch of giant yucca instead of 

 the rattle in the right. A^'hij^ping katcinas, like the Salimop'iya and 

 Saiyali'a, carry yucca in both hands. As with the wearing of the great 

 feather, the manner of carrying yucca smtches indicates the katcina 's 

 temper and intentions. "WTien he is friendly and comes just to dance 

 or to show himself in the village he carries his yucca with the points 

 back and the roots forward. But when he comes to whip, whether in 

 punishment or exorcism, he carries the tips fonvard. The whipping is 

 always done ^vith the tips of the leaves. When whipping the children 

 at their initiation the yucca switches are bound together to give 



