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who had seen her close painted the mask and fixed it the way she 

 had looked. Then in the winter when they were having the mixed 

 dance he came. Early in the morning before sunrise he took his 

 clothes and the mask and went with his relative to the south where 

 they had killed Su'u^i. The people knew that they had killed her 

 at Su'ukonakwi, but no one knew that he was coming in his mask. 

 When they got there the man w^ho went with the personator helped 

 him dress and fixed him up the wa.y Su'uki looked. He put the 

 basket on his back the way she had carried it. 



WTiile they were dancing in the west plaza the people standing on 

 the housetops saw her coming. She was tossing her head and running 

 shouting her call. Then the people cried, "There is the woman 

 they went out to kill. She is coming! She has come to life again, 

 and she is angry because the man came after her. She must be very 

 wise." They were terribly frightened, especially the women. They 

 ran away and hid their babies. The men who belonged to the per- 

 sonator's kiva knew that it was he, but the rest of the men did not 

 know. They said, "The one we killed is there. She is coming. Is 

 it all right that she should come, or shall we go and chase her out?" 

 Then the katcina chief went to the kiva that was giving the dance 

 and asked them what they thought. They told him that she was 

 not the real Su'uki, but that they had just made the mask. So they 

 let her come in. So she joined in the dance, but wliile she was there 

 the mothers woidd not let their children come out to see the dance. 

 She was carrying her basket the way she always had, and the people 

 who had children were very frightened. But some of the people did 

 not care, and they went out to watch her. In the evening they would 

 not let her stay in the kiva, but she went out to the south the way 

 she had come. 



The next day they danced the second time. There was one woman 

 who was not afraid of Su'uki. Her children were very naughty. She 

 wanted to comb their hair and take out the lice, but they would not 

 let her do it. So she told her children, "There is a woman who eats 

 naughty children. She ate a little child the other day. She is a 

 katcina, and she is coming in. I am going to call her because you 

 are very naughty children." So she went to the katcina chief and 

 told him, "My father, will you please tell this katcina that my chil- 

 dren do not behave and will not mind. I know she is not the real 

 Su'uki, but just an impersonation, and I think it would be a good 

 idea if he would talk to the children who are naughty and make them 

 behave. He could take them away in his basket and frighten them 

 so that they will behave and mind what they are told." Then the 

 katcina chief said, "That is a good idea, and it will surely be good for 

 some of the boys. She can frighten them so that they will not tell 

 the secrets of the katcina society. 1 shall tell my people to tell the 



