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is sick) you will die instead of him and take awaj^ the bad luck.' Then 

 he throws it down, and if it is a bowl it breaks, but if it is a basket, the 

 father of Cula'witsi and one of the Salimopiya step on it and break it 

 and then Cula'witsi burns it with his torch. 



" When the people first decided to have an initiation they wondered 

 who would be the one to look after the sun and the fire and they 

 thought of everyone and finally they thought of Cula'witsi and that 

 is why he comes in at that time." 



There are two Cula-witsi masks. The one used at Ca'lako is always 

 worn by a boy. It is kept with the Saiyataca masks in House No. 56-7 

 upstairs. The one used at initiation is worn by a man and is kept 

 with the speckled Salimopiya in X 163a (upstairs). 



Upo'yona (Cotton Head) 

 (Plate 29, c) 



Costume. — On the head downy feathers and yellow parrot feathers; 

 three cotton strings hanging down. His eyes are like Salimopiya. The 

 ears are painted with hakwina, the black paint used for painting 

 prayer sticks. 



The body is painted with pink clay (kok an hekatco) . The fore- 

 arms are yellow, also the legs. The loiees are red, so that he may 

 be a good runner. The runners in stick races always have their 

 knees painted red. He has black yarn and little bells (musilili) 

 around both legs. He carries willow sticks in both hands when he 

 comes at the initiation and to dance for society songs. Blue leather 

 belt, white kilt, beads on back and front like Pautiwa and the 

 valuable dancers. 



His mask is kept with that of Pautiwa in the Pi'chikwe house, i. e., 

 ?eciwani (K. 161). When he comes for the initiation they use the 

 old mask. The personator is selected by He'iwa wo'Ie from among 

 the members of He'iwa kiva. When he comes at other times they 

 make up a mask like the old one and anyone can wear it. 



He comes with the Salimopiya for the initiation of boys. He comes 

 in before them and goes to the kiva where Kolowisi is to come in. 

 The initiation ceremony started when the first people came here. 

 The rain priests begged the katcinas to come to initiate their cliildren. 

 They took the yellow corn for the yellow Salimopiya and the blue 

 com for the blue Salimopiya and the white corn for the white Salimo- 

 piya and the red corn for the red Salmiopiya and the l.)lack corn for 

 the black Salimopiya and the speckled corn for the speckled Salimo- 

 piya. They prayed to the sacred lake people to send these katcinas 

 to initiate theii- boys. So in the sacred lake they sent these katcinas 

 here in the night, the ones the rain priests had prayed for. When 

 they came in the people made them try their calls. The yellow Sali- 

 mopiya tried first. His call was very loud to frighten the people. 



