Hal\u00edksai! This place, Ka\u00f6’t\u00fbkvi, is somewhere east of the Pueblo Indians, and a long time ago many people lived there. West of them was a large mountain like the San Francisco Mountains (near Flagstaff).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In these mountains lived many Katcinas. Those people sometimes had ceremonies (h\u00edhta tot\u00f3k’a y\u00fb’ngwa), but they did not yet know the Katcinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One time some of the Katcinas also assembled in their kiva in the mountains, and dressed up, getting ready for a dance. They then descended and came to the village in the night, where they commenced to dance on the plaza. The people were still sleeping, but soon heard the noise of the dance and arose and came to the Plaza. Here they saw the Katcinas dance. The latter, however, did not accompany their dance by singing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the side of the line of dancers danced a Katcina Uncle (Katcina T\u00e1ha). The people, not knowing what or who the dancers were. became angry and concluded among themselves that they wanted to kill them. The Katcinas heard what the people said about wanting to kill them and ran away. West of the village they Jumped from a bluff into a large crack. These were the Snow (N\u00fbva) Katcinas, the Uncle being a Hot\u00f3to Katcina. The Katcina Uncle was in the lead when they jumped in the crack. Here the people who had followed them set fire to them and burned them up. The Katcina Uncle who was at the bottom was not burned. Early in the morning he crept out and returned home to the mountains, singing the following song as he walked along:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tanayo, tanayo,
Kayohatii! kayahatii!
Tanayo, tanayo, tanayo, tanayo
Kayohatii! kayahatii!
Nahanahay, Hot\u00f3to, palaka.
I myself (the) Hot\u00f3to emerged.
[The meaning of this line only could be ascertained.]
Shiwana towitowi ahaha (a) cloud.
Towiwikaliyoyokana yaaahihi h- h-; h-
Towiwikaliyoyokanayaaahihi h- h- h-
[The “h,” with a rising inflection to imitate sobbing.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Katcinas living in the mountains had fields at the foot of the mountains where they were planting corn and watermelons. Here the Heh\u00e9a was hoeing with a wooden hoe (w\u00edk’a), still used by the Heh\u00e9a Katcinas in their dances. It was early in the morning. All at once he heard somebody singing, raised his w\u00edk’a and listened, but just then the singing stopped. The Katcina again commenced to hoe, and again heard the singing. Listening again he heard the singing and the sobbing and behold’ somebody was walking along crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the Hot\u00f3to arrived at the Heh\u00e9a Katcina the latter asked: “Why are you walking along saving, something and crying “Yes, the Hot\u00f3to replied, “We were<\/em> there in the Hopi village dancing, then they came out and threatened to kill us, so we ran away and jumped into the gulch west of the village, and there we were piled up, and all were burned up by the Hopi except myself. I had jumped in first and was not burned and escaped unharmed. That is the reason why I was moaning as I went along.” The Heh\u00e9a Katcina then also commenced to moan as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ochitana, iyawa, iyava Hereupon they both went home into the mountain where there were a great many Katcinas, men, women, youths, and maidens. “Why do you come alone?” they asked the Hot\u00f3to. The latter hereupon repeated what he had said to the Heh\u00e9a Katcina. “We shall sometime take revenge,” said the chief of the Katcinas, and ordered the Katcinas to assemble and to dress up. Hereupon they made it hail for three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Early in the morning of the fourth day they caused a cloud to rise which hovered over the mountains. This was their emblem or standard (n\u00e1tsi); it was a very beautiful cloud. Then the Katcinas ate their morning meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The people in the village saw the cloud. They had gone to their fields early in the morning for they had many fields around the village. After breakfast many more clouds began to rise above the mountains, towering upon each other. They soon spread out and during the afternoon they covered the sky, coming up from all four sides. The corn of the Hopi had at this time begun to mature and the people felt very happy over the clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They expected that they would have a good rain now. Towards noon it began to thunder and to rain in the mountains and the clouds began to move towards the Hopi village. When they had arrived there it was thundering and lightning and it rained great hailstones. All the crops were destroyed, and even the people, although they left their houses and fled to the kivas, were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Only one man and one woman remained alive. When everything had been destroyed, the clouds said: “We will stop now and return,” and then they began to disperse in all directions, some of them returning to the mountains. The Katcinas were then happy saying, “Now we have revenged ourselves, let it be thus.” The woman that had been spared again bore children and the village was by and by again inhabited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ochitana! iyava, iyava.
Alas! (This is the only word of which meaning could be obtained.)
Hininiya ihihi io hiiohiio, h- h- h- h-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n