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  FORMULA 
  FOR 
  HUNTING. 
  371 
  

  

  Ancient 
  Red. 
  the 
  allusion 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  case 
  being 
  to 
  the 
  light 
  or 
  the 
  

   ashes 
  of 
  the 
  fire; 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  case, 
  to 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  burning 
  coals. 
  

   "You 
  two 
  shall 
  bury 
  it 
  in 
  your 
  stomachs" 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  blood- 
  

   stained 
  leaves 
  and 
  the 
  piece 
  of 
  meat 
  which 
  are 
  cast 
  respectively 
  into 
  

   the 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  fire. 
  The 
  formula 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  A'yu'ini, 
  

   who 
  explained 
  it 
  in 
  detail. 
  

  

  HlA' 
  TSFSKWA 
  GANAHILIDASTIYI. 
  

  

  Tslgg'! 
  Hlkayu'd-Une'ga, 
  tsulta'histiY" 
  gulita'histani'ga. 
  Na'gwa 
  

   tsuda'nta 
  talehi'sani'ga. 
  Sa'gwa 
  i^unsi'ya 
  ts'skwali' 
  udu'nisate'sti, 
  

   ts'su 
  lti 
  nige'suma. 
  Wane'(i) 
  tigi'gage(i) 
  tali'kaneli'ga. 
  "'"tali 
  uda- 
  

   liii'lii 
  tsagista'ti. 
  

  

  Hikayii' 
  u 
  l-Une'ga, 
  anu'ya 
  iiiudtatd'gi 
  agi'stt 
  t&tsiskd'ltane'luhi. 
  

   l 
  ""tali 
  u'danfi' 
  te'tulskew'si'ga. 
  

  

  Hlkayu' 
  n 
  l-Une'ga, 
  nu 
  n 
  na'(hi) 
  kana'ti 
  skwateta'stani'ga. 
  Unigwa- 
  

   lu' 
  n 
  gi 
  te'gatu 
  n 
  tsi'ga. 
  Nu 
  u 
  na'(hi) 
  kana'ti 
  tati'kiyu' 
  n 
  gwita'watise'sti. 
  

   Unigwalu' 
  n 
  gi 
  tigu' 
  n 
  watu'tsanu'hi. 
  

  

  Hikayu' 
  I1 
  l-Une'ga, 
  Kana'ti, 
  sk'salatatitege'sti, 
  sa'ka'ni 
  ginu't'ti 
  

   nige'su 
  n 
  na. 
  Sge 
  ! 
  

  

  Translation. 
  

  

  THIS 
  IS 
  FOR 
  HUNTING 
  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Listen! 
  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  where 
  yon 
  dwell 
  in 
  peace 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  rest. 
  Now 
  

   let 
  your 
  spirit 
  arise. 
  Let 
  it 
  (the 
  game 
  brought 
  down) 
  be 
  buried 
  in 
  your 
  stomach, 
  

   and 
  may 
  your 
  appetite 
  never 
  be 
  satisfied. 
  The 
  red 
  hickories 
  have 
  tied 
  themselves 
  

   together. 
  The 
  clotted 
  blood 
  is 
  your 
  recompense. 
  

  

  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  Accept 
  the 
  clotted 
  blood 
  (?) 
  

  

  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  put 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  successful 
  hunting 
  trail. 
  Hang 
  the 
  mangled 
  

   things 
  upon 
  me. 
  Let 
  me 
  come 
  along 
  the 
  successful 
  trail 
  with 
  them 
  doubled 
  up 
  

   (under 
  my 
  belt). 
  It 
  (the 
  road) 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  the 
  mangled 
  things. 
  

  

  O 
  Ancient 
  White, 
  O 
  Kanati. 
  support 
  me 
  continually, 
  that 
  I 
  may 
  never 
  become 
  

   blue. 
  Listen 
  ! 
  

  

  Explanation. 
  

  

  This 
  formula, 
  from 
  A'yu"im"s 
  manuscript, 
  is 
  recited 
  by 
  the 
  bird- 
  

   hunter 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  while 
  standing 
  over 
  the 
  fire 
  at 
  his 
  hunting 
  

   camp 
  before 
  starting 
  out 
  for 
  the 
  day's 
  hunt. 
  A'yu' 
  D 
  ini 
  stated 
  that 
  

   seven 
  blowgun 
  arrows 
  are 
  first 
  prepared, 
  including 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  only 
  

   a 
  "hand-length" 
  (awa'hilui 
  long. 
  On 
  rising 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  the 
  

   hunter, 
  standing 
  over 
  the 
  fire, 
  addresses 
  it 
  as 
  the 
  ''Ancient 
  White." 
  

   rubbing 
  his 
  hands 
  together 
  while 
  repeating 
  the 
  prayer. 
  He 
  then 
  

   sets 
  out 
  for 
  the 
  hunting 
  ground, 
  where 
  he 
  expects 
  to 
  spend 
  the 
  day, 
  

   and 
  on 
  reaching 
  it 
  he 
  shoots 
  away 
  the 
  short 
  arrow 
  at 
  random, 
  with- 
  

   out 
  attempting 
  to 
  trace 
  its 
  flight. 
  There 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  some 
  signifi- 
  

   cance 
  attached 
  to 
  this 
  action 
  and 
  perhaps 
  an 
  accompanying 
  prayer, 
  

   but 
  no 
  further 
  information 
  upon 
  this 
  point 
  was 
  obtainable. 
  Hav- 
  

   ing 
  shot 
  away 
  the 
  magic 
  arrow, 
  the 
  hunter 
  utters 
  a 
  peculiar 
  hissing 
  

  

  