1046 ZITNI KATCINAS 



Pautiwa said, "Now, to-morrow you will go to Itiwana for the dance." 

 The Pautiwa said to liis children, "Now look over your clothing and 

 whoever has extra clotliing should bring it and we shall see how we 

 can dress our children." So he said. Then Sayataca laid out an 

 embroidered blanket and beads, and Hemokatsik laid out a belt. 

 Then different katcinas brought the eagle feathers that they use in 

 their dance and an embroidered kilt and leggings and moccasins. So 

 they dressed him. They painted liis face bkie and painted spots all 

 over his body, and they put on the embroidered blanlvet and the kUt. 

 They put beads on both wrists and yarn on the right and a silver bow 

 bracelet on the left. All these things belonged to Sayataca. When 

 he was dressed Pautiwa said, "Now it will be well for him to carrj' a 

 cane. He will not walk upright but he will stoop down and hold the 

 cane with both hands." So he said. So they whittled a stick and 

 painted it white and put the feathers and the frog spittle on it and 

 showed him how to hold it with both hands, stooping down. Then he 

 tried it and turned around and around saying "Hui, hui! " and looking 

 behind to see if anyone were following him. 



After they had dressed him and showed Mm what to do they said, 

 " Now let us dress Coyote." They sent Coyote just the way he was, 

 but they gave him the red feather because he is a hunter and a member 

 of a society. They said, "Now you will wear the led feather because 

 you are in a society." Then they gave him a blue kilt and they 

 painted him brown all over with white spots, and they gave him dance 

 moccasins and a blue leather belt Uke society members wear. They 

 gave him a cane too. Then they said, "Now let us hear how you 

 will frighten the young deer." Then he said, "Whoooo," to frighten 

 the young deer. Then they practiced. He came after the deer and 

 the deer always ran away and Md himself and Coyote ran after him. 

 "Now this is the way you wiU go to Itiwana to give our people good 

 luck. I am glad you have come to go there the way I have thought." 

 Sayataca said this. 



The ne.xt day thej^ started coming over here to dance. Over here 

 the people did not know anything about the deer coming. It was the 

 first time the deer had come in the dance. The people Itnew that the 

 katcinas were coming the next day so they cooked sweet corn cakes for 

 theii- feast. Then about four o'clock in the morning they came in and 

 the people heard them come. When dayUght came they danced in 

 the west plaza and the people went there to see them. They were 

 surprised. There was a young deer \\dth them dressed Mke a katcina, 

 and the people said to one another, "There is a Uttle deer and another 

 Uttle animal." They did not know Coyote. The people were all 

 wondering about them. They were very much interested to see the 

 little deer. The women had never seen a deer. Some of the men had 

 seen deer in the moimtains, but it was the first time the women had 

 seen deer. 



