iiuNZEi.] SUPPLEMENTARY AND EXTRA DANCES 1007 



KaKali (EAfiLi:) 

 (Plate 48, a) 



Co.sfnme. — The rmisk is i)iiiiito(l l)lii(' with black designs. Around 

 tlip head yii('<'ft l)and. On his head a lar<;e btinch of pairot feathers 

 and downy feathers of the eagle. Spruce collar. 



The body is painted i)lack with blue and yellow. The left shoulder 

 and chest is yellow, the right blue. The right hand is yellow, the h^ft 

 blue. The right leg is blue, the left yellow. White kilt with band of 

 blue, embroidered sash, blue moccasins. On his arms he has wings 

 made by sewing feathers to a strip of corn husk. On his back he wears 

 a shield of bucJ^skin painted blue and bordered with a fringe of red 

 hair. At the top are two upright tail feathers of the eagle attached 

 to a disk of turkey feathers, and four red hawk feathers. At the 

 bottom four more red hawk feathers and a fan of tail feathers of the 

 eagle. The eagle is the cliicf of the birds, and so he wears the shield 

 on his back. It has the same significance as the lacowanlane of the 

 war chief. He carries little bells in both hands. 



He comes with Hilili. 



Folklore. — Long ago Hilili came here for the first time. They came 

 for the first time about forty years ago when my mother was a girl. 

 When they first came the people thought they were dangerous because 

 they carried snakes, so all the head priests came together and asked 

 whether it was dangerous to have Hilili dance. The katcina chief 

 and his pekwin were there. The priests had called them in to ask if 

 it was right to have Hilili. Then they sent for a Hopi man manied to 

 a Zufii woman to have him tell them about the dance. They were all 

 in the priests' ceremonial room. The people were ail afraid because 

 they were carrying snakes. They were not rattlesnakes, but they were 

 real snakes and the people had no medicine to cure the bites of these 

 other snakes. 



The people were all met together, and the Hopi man came in and 

 asked, "My fathers, why have you sent for me? I am not fit to come 

 into tliis sacred house. But you have sent for me and I have ('ome. 

 What is it. that you want of me?" Then the chief priest said, "Our 

 people have come here from the west. They have brought with them 

 a valuable dance. Now our people want to do this dance, but we are 

 afraid of one thing — they carry snakes. That is why our fathers have 

 all come together, and that is why we have sent for you to come here. 

 Is it dangerous to have them?" So he said. The Hopi man was wise. 

 He knew all about Zuili ways and he said, "Now, my fathers, I 

 thought you i)eople had things for the snakes. We have ail w'orked 

 on our feathers, all who belong to societies. We have made feathers 

 for the snakes and planted them in the winter time," he said. "I 

 do not know why you are afraid of the snakes. They are bringing 



