FEWKES] KATCINAS APPEARING IN POWAMU 71 



These Natacka.-s are undoubtedly derived from eastern pueblos, for 

 they are represented at Zuiii by the so-called Natacko, which they 

 closel_v resemble in s_yml)olism. They were introduced into Tusayan 

 by the Tanoan colonists, the Asa and the Hano clans, the Middle mesa 

 Natackas being simply derived from the East mesa. They are not 

 found at Oraibi, as those clans are not represented tiiere. 



Besides the Soyoko or monsters which regularly ai)])eai- in the 

 Walpi Powamu, there are other similar bogies which make occasional 

 visits. Two of these, called Awatobi Soyok taka and Soyok wi'iqti, 

 were derived from Awatobi, one, Atocle, from Zuiii, and one, 

 Tcabaiyo." is of unknown derivation. All apparently have the same 

 function, but there is onh' a remote similarity in their symbolism. 



The name Soyok or Soyuku, given by the Hopi to the Natackas, is 

 linguistically a Keresan word, and as the mythologic conceptions 

 and objective symbolism ai'e very similar in the two stocks, we mav 

 regard the Hopi being as a derivation from the Keresan. The fact 

 that these personages are found in the Hopi pueblos where there are 

 other evidences of incorporation from eastern pueblos tells in favor 

 of the theory that they were brought to Tusayan from eastern 

 pueblos. 



In the personation of Natacka we tind also a person called iiaanul, 

 their father. The following list includes the varieties of these per- 

 sonations: 



Nanatacka tatakti (males). 

 Nanatacka civaainii (their sister.«). 

 Natacka wiiqti (mother). 

 Natacka naamii (their father). 



Nat.^cka NaamC 

 (Plate IX) 



The father as figured by the artist has on the head a crest of turkey 

 tail feathei's and two eagle feathers, each tipped with a red bieast 

 feather. He has a goggle-eyed black mask with a trifid symi)ol on 

 the forehead and a curved horn on each side of the head. 



The father of the Natackas appears at Powamu with their sisters 

 and Hahai wi'iqti. and the three visit all the houses of the pueblos.'' 



During these visits Hahai wiiqti carries on a conversation with 

 inmates of the houses in a falsetto voice, and gives to the men or boys 

 a mouse trap made of yucca tiber, and a stick, telling them that in 

 eight days she will return with her children, the Natackas; that they 

 must trap game and procure meat for these when they come. To the 

 woman of the house Hahai wiiqti gives an ear of corn, telling her to 

 grind it and have meal and bread for the Natackas when they return. 



" The mask is owned by the Snake elan. Atocle at Zufii is sometimes called Soyok. 

 '' There are three groups, one Tor each pueblo on the East mesa. 



