BUNZEt] DANCES OF THE WINTER AND SUMMER SERIES 1027 



the sky. So they said to Pautiwa, "Our sky mother or sky father 

 has not come." They did not even know whether the sky was a man 

 or a woman, because they had never seen him. Then Pautiwa said, 

 "He must come too, and call out for you. He does not know the 

 songs because he has not been here, and so he can not sing, but he 

 shall come and give the calls for you." 



So the sky person dropped down. He was black all over and he 

 was wearing the stars on his head and the stars were shining. He 

 looked dangerous, and as he came in it got colder. Everyone was 

 busy getting ready for the dance. They were practicing theii- songs 

 and their dancing. Then he came in and Pautiwa said, "Have you 

 come?" He said, "Yes," and he sat down. Then he said again, 

 "Why have you sent for me? I should like to hear it now." Then 

 Pautiwa said, "We have called you down here because everyone has 

 come here but you. Would you like to join in our dance and go with 

 us to Itiwana? I want you to decide what you want to do." So he 

 said. Then sky man answered, "Yes, my father. The people of 

 Itiwana are offering feathers to the sun and the clouds. I hold them 

 up, for I am the sky. Therefore it is right that I should come." 

 Then Pautiwa said, "It is good. Everyone is here now and they all 

 have their songs. But there is no one to give the calls for their dance. 

 Therefore you will give the calls for them." 



Then they dressed him for the dance. He was black aU over so 

 they painted his body the way he was to look, and they gave him 

 valuable clothing and feathers for his head. They gave him all the 

 different things that he wears and then they said, "Now this is the 

 way you will look." Then Sayataca made him two batons of cat-tail 

 stalks, and tied feathers to them so that he would go easily. He 

 walks with short steps. 



Then the head men at the katcina village made up a.bimdle for a 

 drum, for they had no drum. They laid out two embroidered white 

 blankets and two bucksldns, and between the two blankets they laid 

 long strings of valuable beads. Then Pautiwa said to the clothdig 

 he was bimdling up, "Now I am holding you, valuable clothing. You 

 shall be valuable to the people. Now all the people will come runnmg 

 when they hear you. We do not want anyone to stay home, but we 

 want them all to come out and see this dance. Therefore you are 

 valuable." He said this to the clothing and then he held the bundle 

 tight and tied it up. Then Hehe'a was the one to drum for them. He 

 beat the drum and the sky man started to wallv up and down. Then 

 he came to the middle of the hne and he called out "Kukuculi." 

 Then he called again, "Hu-u-ul" like the Salimopiya. He tried his 

 calls and they sounded well. Then they said to him, "That is a good 

 call that you have given. And that is the way they will call you when 

 you go to Itiwana. This is the name that you will have." 



