1038 ZXJNI KATCINAS [eth. ann. 47 



not let you have the mat?" He said, "Our grandfather is going with 

 us. He is going to carry his mat along. He said we can not help the 

 Itiwana people. He said that only the gods can help them." Then 

 the other three men said, "I think it is all right for him to go with us. 

 But if he goes with us we must not go close to him. He must 

 go behind us and not go first, because if he should go first and drink 

 and if we should drink at the same place we would surely die. He is 

 dangerous. So you go and tell him to be ready, and tell him to start 

 after we have gone." So they said. 



So again the man went back, and when he got there the katcina 

 was lyin'g down in his home. When the man came in he said, "Are 

 you lying down?" "Yes." Then he said, "You shall come vnih 

 us. We shall go first, and you will go behind us. Take your blanket 

 along with you." So the man went home and told them, "Now let 

 us get ready. He will be ready soon." So they rolled up their 

 buckskins and they washed their hair and each one took his buck- 

 skin and they walked. They came here. 



Here aU the priests were waiting for them in their ceremonial room. 

 In the afternoon just as the sun turned over they came. They said, 

 "We are bringing a raw person with us. Will j'ou please have a 

 separate room for him and let him come into a separate room." So 

 they got a place ready for him in another room. The people all went 

 out to see him come in. He came carrying his reed mat, and he went 

 into his room. He went in talking about what the people outside 

 said. In the next room the Hopi and the priests were talking, then 

 they said, "We have sent for you to come because we have had 

 trouble. We have had an earthquake and the crack is getting larger 

 and larger. Perhaps you can help us, and we shall alwaj^s be glad to 

 return your kindness." The Hopi said "Very well. Now let us 

 go." 



All the priests had been working on prayer sticks, so the chief 

 priest went first holding the basket full of prayer sticks and the Hopi 

 chiefs followed him. The other priests followed and way behind 

 came Echo man. Everyone watched them go. They went to the 

 south. When they came to the place where the earth was cracked 

 the chief priest knelt dowTi and set his bundle of feathers in the 

 crack and said, "Now you who have cracked open the earth and are 

 sending the wild animals to come out and destroy us, do not do it. 

 We give you these valuable feathers. Please close this crack and 

 help our people." So he said and set down his feathers. When he 

 put down his feathers he said again, "We give you these." Then 

 the others said, "Shall we stay here or shaU we go away?" Then 

 the Hopi said, "Yes, our fathers, we think you had better go away. 

 We do not want you here when we close the crack. Go a little ways 

 off and rest and we shall fLx it." So the head priests of Itiwana went 



