At the close of this observance Hahaíwüqti and the Natáckas came to
the kiva hatch and a comic dialogue ensued. She demanded meat and
other food, and the elders went up the ladder and refused to grant
her wishes. Natácka hooted and Soyókmana whistled back, and then the
Hehéakatcinas threw down the end of their lariat, and those in the kiva
below hung a piece of sheepskin and horns of goats to it.
Íntiwa then called two youths, and without anointing them[80] gave them
instructions where to deposit the offerings which had been consecrated
on the cloud-charm altar.[81] One youth was told to deposit his at
shrines in a circuit, beginning with Tawapa (Sun spring), and the other
at Kokyanba (Spider spring) and Tuveskyabi. Two sets of offerings were
left, and these with Katcinas were placed on the southwest point of the
mesa. This closed the ceremony, for Íntiwa then replaced the plug of
the sípapû and tied up his típoni and other paraphernalia.
The Natácka group went to the Wikwaliobikiva, and there Sóyoko gave
each of them and the Hehéakatcina a handful of meal and a nakwákwoci.
Taláhoya blew puffs of smoke over them. They then marched around
the houses to the Nacabki, along the plaza to Tcivatoki, and then
to Álkiva, where they begged for meat and held comic dialogues with
different chiefs. At the last-mentioned place there came from the kiva
six men arrayed and costumed as the Mamzraúti tcatumakaa, who, singing
as they went, marched to the dance court and halted close to the edge
of the cliff, facing the houses. The Natácka group accompanied them,
and two men personifying Hehéakatcinas assumed erotic paroxysms and
lay down on their backs on the ground close to the disguised Mamzraúti
personages, endeavoring to lift up their kilts and performing obscene
actions. Then they rolled on the ground in assumed fits. The Natáckas,
as usual, maintained their prancing step around them, and occasionally
Soyókmana thumped them with the butt end of her crook. After about five
minutes of this exhibition the Hehéa seized the Mamzraúti personators
and tumbled them into an indiscriminate heap, fell on top of them, and
did other acts which need not be mentioned. The Natácka then retired
for food, and, unmasking in the kiva, did not again appear.
_February 6_—Food was carried to all the kivas yesterday morning, but
there was neither dancing nor ceremonials.
_February 7_—No ceremony took place on this day, but the kiva chief and
the Hehéakatcinas played a curious game of ball called sunwuwinpa, in
which the ball is attached to a looped string. The player lay on his
back and, passing the loop over the great toe, projected the ball back
over his head. Two groups of these players were noted.
The following Katcinas were personated in the Powámû of 1893:[82]
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