KARSTEN] BLOOD REVENGE, WAR, AND VICTORY FEASTS 23 



The anendrata runs as follows : 



Tachuta^ yachuta, My brother, my brother, 



Meseta himersatai, Let us make war together ! 



Winya uchiruna chichahsi^ To my son also I have said : 



Uchita, uchita, My son, my son, 



Kdkaruvi hasti, kdkanim ho^ti, Make you strong, make you brave! 



Winyaka indstinyu^ Me they won't kill. 



Wika miserchatinyu, I will not die ! 



Shudra mdkatahei, Myself I will kill my enemy ! 



Kdndrahei^ kdndrahei, I have dreamed and my dreams have been 

 good. 



Arutama iveinikama, I have seen " the Old Ones ! "^ 



tShudra achiktahei^ I will take my enemy. 



Yamai achikahei^ I have him already ! 



Mdnyasa puhustahei, Presently I will be engaged in fighting! 



Watski, shudrasha winiti, v.initi, All right, may my enemy come, 

 may he come ! 



Winyasha mandodti, And may he take my life if he can ! 



Wi7iya 7nandodma assa, If he kills me. 



Uchi weinikati^ My sons will certainly see (that it will be re- 

 venged). 



Chikichika mdti, May he kill some one else ! 



Anendi'ata has much the same magical significance as the war 

 dance enema, it being believed to give victory over the enemy. 



The warriors, moreover, prepare for the expedition by drinking 

 much manioc i)eer {nihamdnchi) , as they do for all big travels, with- 

 out, however, getting too drunk. They likewise take much tobacco, 

 partly in the form of tobacco water, which is drawn in through the 

 nose, partly in the form of cigars, which are smoked. 



The preparations of the men take place in the large fore room of 

 the house {tangdinasha) . The women the whole time remain in the 

 interior department (department of the women, ekinturu) and do 

 not mix in the activities of the men. The Jibaros on the Upano told 

 me they do not even take leave of their wives before they start for 

 the expedition. If the chief has a wife who is particularly attached to 

 him she may, however, come out, embrace her husband, weeping, and 

 say: "Perhaps you will be killed by the enemy and never return." 

 The chief then consoles her, saying, " I have had good dreams ; I 

 won't be killed, but will return with the heads of my enemies. Mean« 

 while stay you here, quietly making clay vessels." ^ 



1 " The Old Ones" {arutama), the spirits of the ancestors, who appear to the warrior 

 in the narcotic sleep and tell him that he will be able to kill his enemies. 



" As if she were already making preparations for the coming victory feasts. The fabri- 

 cation of clay vessels is the principal preparation of the women for all feasts. 



