912 ZUNI KATCINAS 



[eTH. ANN. 47 



of the kiva, throws into the hatchway the twig he is carrying in liis 

 right hand. Then those below throw up corn meal and shout. 

 He kneels down facing the east and puts down one crook for he'iwa 

 Ca'lako, and prays. He picks up the stick which the people inside 

 have thrown up, and waves it around to take away all the bad luck. 

 Then Pekwin comes out with a bowl of corn meal, and Citsuka and 

 Kwelele come with him. They are going with Pautiwa to the village 

 of the katcinas.° Pautiwa goes down first, then pekwin, then Citsuka, 

 and Kwelele. They go down and go to Uptsanawa kiva ^ and 

 Pautiwa leaves a crook there. They go to all the kivas, and then go 

 out to Wide River, going home. Pautiwa has brought the New Year 

 when he brought the crooks. 



"When he goes to Wide River he takes off his mask. Here men of 

 the Sun clan are waiting for him. He takes off his mask and comes 

 back.^ He goes directly to the house of the village chief. Here are 

 gathered all the priests, and men of the Dogwood clan, and all the 

 important men of the village. When Pautiwa comes in they all 

 greet him and say, 'Have you come? Be seated.' Then he sits 

 down. The vUlage chief makes a cigarette and smokes to all direc- 

 tions and they pray. Then he says, 'Now tell us what happened to 

 you when you went to see your babies.'^ If anything was wrong 

 Pautiwa will bow his head and say nothmg, and then he will say, 

 'The babies were lying down wherever I went. That is bad, but let 

 us hope that it may not be true. We must all pray that it may not 

 come true.' Or he will say, 'There was a mark of bow and arrow,' 

 and that means that there wall be war. Or if he sees tracks coming 

 toward him, that means good luck; and if he has seen green things 

 growing, he is always glad, and he says, 'Fathers, clean your houses 

 and hope for good crops. They have let me see green things wherever 

 I went. Beautiful thmgs were growing everywhere. I know that 

 we shall have a good year. ' If he sees anything nice he is always 

 happy and tells the people. Last year (1925) he told the people that 

 he saw rivers coming toward him, but they were all dry rivers, and, 

 indeed, we had no snow all winter, and the rain came late in summer. 

 So it always comes true. 



"After he has told the people this, his aunts (father's sisters) come 

 to get him. They take him to their house, and the Dogwood people 

 are all there. They wash his head, and so his part is over. " 



Corrections and additions to the above account. — Pautiwa goes out to 

 Sand Hill about noon. Here he is dressed by certain men of the Sun 

 clan. He approaches the village in mid afternoon. He encircles the 

 village four times in narrowing circles. On the third circuit he plants 



' See Citsuka's myth, p. 925. 



^ See, however, p. 913 for order of visiting the kivas. 



' Probably he plants the prayer sticks given him by Dogwood men at this time. 



* The prayer that precedes Pautiwa's reply is given in text on p. 693. 



