302 THE PIMA INDIANS lETn.Ax.N.26 



MEDICINE SONGS 



ToATciTA Nyiii, Cure Song^" 

 [By Juan Thomas] 



I 



Hodony Aungiomiuia kiiihowa nyopiiiyima, hodony Aungiominia 



Evening red noS yet ' sink, evening' red 



kaihowa nyopiiiyima; * kony sufia yuna tcomu nahivaka nyuina 



not yet ' sink*: me ' I 'in there sit see 



itanyi rsavikona sika| munukai muia sisinyi hikimr. 



my gourd rt)und run in rattling hikimu. 



Hodony Aungioniima kaihowa nyopinyima, hodony Aungiomima 

 kaihowa -nyopinyima; ** kony sufia yuna tcomu nahivaka nyuina 

 itanyi matcuowina sika| munukai mu'ja pupunai hikimu. (Repeat 



feathers rumbling 



to*) 



Kony suna yuna tcomu nahivaka nyuina itanyi rsiivikona sika( 



I I in there sit ' see tliis my gourd - (?) 



munukai mu^a sisinvi, hikimu. (Sing from **) 



(?) (?) (?)" (?) 



Kony suna yuna tcomu nahivaka nj'uina itanyi matcuowina .siksi[ 



(?) ■ (?) (?) (?) (?) (V) (?)■ feathers 



munukai mu?a pupunai hikimu. (Repeat all four times) 



II 

 Kus .sitcona muAany vaninyi taiima. (Repeat) 



Kind of all night heme shaking. 



Kaho makai kiyundavam nyoapaimu kus sitcona muAany viifiinyi 



Up there magieiau's house me brought kind of all night he me 



in there 



taiima. (Repeat .second line; then repeat all four times) 



shaking. 



Tniiixkilion 



The evening glow yet lingers; 



The evening glovv' yet lingers, 

 And I sit with my gourd rattle 



Engaged in the sacred chant. 

 As I wave the eagle feathers 



We hear the magic sounding. 



Puissant Night is shaking me 



Just as he did at the time 

 When I was taken up in spirit 

 To the great Magician's house. 



<i This song was sung by a Blackwater medicine-man when making his diagnosis of a case. In 

 this connection read the history of Sala Hina's treatment when poisoned (p. aiO). 



