992 ZXJNI KATCINAS 



[ETB. ANN. 47 



thought, "Is there anyone to look after the shadows for us?" *" We 

 all thmk a great deal of the church, so someone should watch the 

 shadow of the church, and when the shadow is straight, then that will 

 be the right time for the whipping of the children. I will watch there 

 this afternoon and pick out someone to watch the shadow," so he 

 said. "I will watch this afternoon and see what time is best and let 

 you know." Then he said, "I am going now. I will look at the 

 shadow and then I will come again." 



It was about noon when he went out. He went to the church. He 

 started on the south side and went around to the north, and he said, 

 "This will be a good place." So he waited there. Just about 3 

 o'clock, when the sun turns over a lot, he looked at the shadow and 

 said, "This will be a good time." The shadow was about 3 feet wide. 

 So he went back to the ceremonial room of the priests. He went in 

 and said, "How are you this while?" They answered, "Happily." 



Then he said, "I have been at our church. The shadow is about 

 three steps from the wall, and this will be good for the whipping time. 

 Now whom shall we have to whip our children? They must be the 

 daylight people, and who will be a good one to look after the shadow?" 

 They tried the Salimopiya, but they were not good for it, and 

 Lelacoktipona was not good and they knew Upo'yona would have 

 to sit in the swing. So then they came to Nawico and they all said 

 "Now there is one who has nothing to do. He will be a' good one to 

 watch the shadow. He will come for that. Everyone who comes 

 for this ceremonjr has something to do but he has nothing to do, so 

 we wUl have him watch the shadow. All the others will go around to 

 exorcise, and look after the village, but he will stay and watch the 

 shadow." 



So they called him. The katcina chief thought of him in a prayer 

 and said, "You are the one we need. Now our people in the Sacred 

 Lake, we need you. Now we have thought of you in this room, and 

 we wish you to come over here. We need you." Nawico heard it 

 right away and he said to Pautiwa, "Did you hear? Our fathers over 

 in Itiwana called for me. Shall I go now or shall I wait? What do 

 you wish me to do?" Pautiwa answered him and said, "Go right 

 away. If they asked for you to come right away they must need 

 you. Go right away. And take this along with you and tell the 

 people, 'I have not come only to watch the shadow, but I will pray 

 for the sweet corn too.' You will take them the sweet corn, because 

 you are the sweet com, and you will carry the sweet corn seeds." 

 Pautiwa did not want his people to think that one of the katcinas came 

 empty-handed. They had said that Nawico had nothing to do and 

 Pautiwa wanted them to know that he looked after the sweet corn. 

 Therefore he told him to take the sweet corn seeds. 



s9 " We always used to look at the sun from the hatchwa.v to see what time to have our meals. We 

 have marked on the floor the place for the morning meal and the place for the evening meal." 



