320 THE PIMA INDIANS [eth. Axx. 2G 



HI 



Tcuwunda nyi moata-a, iniiikaAa tcuwunda iiyi nioata-a: maikawa 



Liind my hill, soft land niy hill: sni'i 



mofigiiiaiUT tiiniilifiga hinioiwehiniu kamo ndanyi maitcomi rsahiiig-a 



in Iriint (if shining cxlifilc tlu-ro me' before pitiable 



tcohifioaimu-u. (Repeat four times) 



appearance. 



TnnidtftuHi 



And I make hills of soft earth; 



And I make hilly of soft earth. 

 My l:)reath witliers all before it; 



My breath withers all before it. 



Kavi Nyx)!, Beaver So.vii 

 tBy St'tatki] 



T 

 Namifigi vii.siin' upinyi, namiiigi va.siny i])inyi: moi Auvapamandi' 



Say me about truly afraicf, say me al»out truly afrairi: many snakes 



n^'i moitta mohiwa r.sonaki nainanha nyonyul ha himuhuna. (Repeat 



I iiaveiiower of exhale water top 'zigzag going, 



transfor- 

 nuition 



foiif times) 



II 



Vapi yaivikia liimu kunyi nyuina him, vapi yaivikia himv kunyi 



\n\i 'notquiek go l' see go, you 'notquiek go I 



nytiiia lum; ku.si tarsai kam hayo-o.'*i worsanyinihu api maniar.saka 



see go: kind of sun there trees • growing there tame 



kufiga mipoita ka nuAuna-a. (Repeat fi)ur times) 



that breath windy. 



Ill 



Sikoll, tanyi kttvi, tan\'i kavi; humirs Aliteoikatei iiahaka. hanavany 



Younger l' beaver, l' beaver: humus! Appearance car, there I 



brother, 



wuntrafiyi. yo-osa kiyolhimu hanavany wui'iganyi; yo-osa kopait 



roiuul,' ' trees ' biting there I ' round;* ' trees facedown 



iiiiawihimuiiii-a. (Repeat four times) 



overthrown. 



You talk about and fear me; 



You talk about and fear me. 

 As like the sinuous snake 



I go upon the water. 



I see that you go slowly; 



I see that you go slowly. 

 Strong as the Sun among the trees, 



You leave your nuirk upon them. 



Younger brother, I am Beaver, 



I am tlie quick-eared Beaver 

 That gnaws the trees of the forest, 



'Tis I who overthrow iheni. 



