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said, "These two will come together and either one of them may cut 

 off the head of anyone who tells. They will cany the great knife. 

 Now we will call them and see whether they think well of it. We 

 can not make plans for them to come without asking them." Then 

 they thought again, "There must always be four to come together. 

 We must have some to make a noise. Two other grandfathers must 

 come with them. Let us pick out two more and have them all come 

 together." Then they thought of Ahute, and they said, "He will be 

 the one who will make a noise and frighten everyone with his voice." 

 Then they came to Temtemci and they thought, "These four will 

 always come together when anyone tells about the katcina cult." 

 So they picked out these four and Muyapone and Posuki (two of the 

 Koyemci) to come with them. 



So they asked for them here in a prayer and they came. The 

 headmen were all meeting in the katcina chief's house and they came, 

 Hainawi and Homatci and Ahute and Temtemci and the two Koyemci. 

 They were making fearful calls to frighten the people, and the people 

 said, "What are they coming for?" And they said to their children, 

 "Someone has told about the katcinas and they are coming to cut off 

 his head. Someone has told." They frightened their little children 

 and warned them not to tell about the katcinas. They came into 

 the i-oom where the headmen were meeting, and they asked them to 

 sit down. Then they turned into human persons, and they sat down. 

 Then Hainawi asked, "What was it you wanted to say that you have 

 called for us to come? We are here to listen to what you have to 

 say. " Then the katcina chief and the katcina pekwin and the katcina 

 warriors said, "We want our people and especially our young ones to 

 be careful not to tell how you come and how j'ou dress. Some day 

 we may have to change it, and we do not want them to teU about it. 

 The katcina cult must be valuable, and no one must tell how you 

 come and how you dress, and if anyone tells, you are the ones we are 

 going to send for. You are the ones who will come and cut off 

 their heads. You will not only frighten them, but reallj- cut off 

 their heads so that the Katcina Society will always be built up higher, 

 so that it will not collapse." So they said, "AU right. You have 

 made us, and we shall do as you wish. Whenever you call us we shall 

 come right away." Then they said, "Let us go. " Then they told the 

 Koyemci, "You will save anyone who is not really bad. If any little 

 one who does not know any better tells, one who is not really bad, 

 you will be the ones to save hini. " So they told the Koyemci. "Now 

 that is all, my children. We shall remember you always, that you 

 are brave and strong, and when we need you we shall call you." 

 Then they got up and said, "It is well. Be happy and have long 

 life." Then they went out and went home to the Sacred Lake. 



That is how they happened to be picked out. 



