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i. Kai' im ah we eh he' iish shi 'si ka' ni '.sin i all ti' ka. 'si uiai ah 



Who id it " clouds like the your thoughts come to us 



plains" 



5. Kai' uu ah \\v. he ish to wa ka' ru 'sin i ah ti' kii 'si niai all 



who is it "arrow of your thou;ihts como to me 



lightning" 



0. Kai' nu ah we eh ha' a 'si 'si' at 'si iii ka' slii wan na ti ka' 



Who is it ■•earth horizon" all your people your 



rii 'sin i ah ti' kii 'si mai ah 



thought. come to us 



Free translation. — We, the ancient ones, ascended from the middle 

 of the world below, through the door of the entrance to the lower 

 world, we hold our songs to the cloud, lightning, and thunder peo- 

 ples as we hold our own liearts; our medicine is precious. (Addressing 

 the people of ti'nia:) We entreat you to send your thoughts to us that 

 we may sing your songs straight, so that they will pass over the 

 straight road to tlie cloud priests that they may cover the earth with 

 water, so that she may bear all that is good for us. 



Lightning people, send youi arrows to the middle of the earth, 

 hear the echo (meaning that the thunder people are flapping their 

 wings among the cloud and lightning peoples). Who is it (the singers 

 pointing to the north)"? The peoi)le of the spruce of the north. All 

 your people and your thoughts come to us. Who is it ? People of 

 the white floating clouds. Your thoughts come to us, all your people 

 and your thoughts come to us. Who is it (pointing above) ? Peoifle of 

 the clouds like the plains. Your thought comes to us. Who is it? 

 The lightning people. Your thoughts come to us. Who is it? Cloud 

 l>eople at the horizon. All your people and your thoughts come to 

 us. 



A SONG OP THE SKO'YO CHAI'AN (GIANT SOCIETY) FOR HEALING THE 



SICK. 



