FIRST NIGHT ON THE WARPATH, FIRST SPEECH 



We have come thus fur, my brothers. We have already laid our 

 plans. With magic power the trail is made easy, bordered with 

 flowers, grass, and trees. The enemy saw the apparent bounty of 

 nature and a.-ssembled, laughing, to gather the seeds and plants. It 

 was the power of the distant magician which made the enemy enjoy 

 his fancied prosperity. In the center of our council ground the fire 

 burned and, lighting a cigarette, I puffed smoke toward the east. 

 Slowly a vision arose before me, a white cane before a whitish house. 

 I grasped the cane and thrust it into the corner of the house and there 

 came forth a kind of white water. Afterward there came forth a kind 

 of white dragon flies, which circled about four times before they sank. 

 In the south stood a blue house with a blue cane before it. Thrusting 



lat tiiva tcutcka nanuka tcoi-ikam nyi-imik(i). Huk(i) attavai natak 



Here we came various classes my relatives. Already we finished 



hai-itcot aka. Huk(i) isivakitk' tcu. Konta im sia-lik takio kus tsitam 



something tell. Already planned trail placed. I was in ea.st direction kind of shining 



hiasitk' am nyu Aakita hokit am takita. Kota am nyu Aakita iiitk 



artificial there my trail edge there dropped. I was there my trail after 



flower 



ku nanuka masnia uhiasitahimuk ap katcini tcrwi^u strpapaki tcuma-si. 



kind diflerent appearance like a wave there laying land slowly cover, 



of flowers came 



Kot ap katcim tcuwu^u kunamlka masma hia. Ap kukam os 



That there laying land kind of various full-blown flowers. There standing tree 



kinds 



kunananka tcoi-ikam hia. Kota am tcum nyui kuny aputak hastco 



various clas.«es full-blown flowers. I was there then see my enemy what 



sku-ukam ui(d)itk'am rta tcor.sal ihuhuiniha." Kaot muk mamakai 



good thought there ill slowly lie laiiglied. It was far ^ magicians ^ 



tadrsa pamutaktc' s'ha-apai utcoktc'. Ava im tcvwm s'rtafitcotc 



placed unite correct result. It was in landmark center 



kutaniam hatai tunata katc. Huk woi am kukrk oatck(i) tantc hutcui 



kind of white stone our Are lay. That toward there standing cigarette knee itself 



koqrsantc kuk kontak ap sihavak am sia-alik woi si-iphuewoa. Kota 



smokes stand I was there inhale there east toward exhale. I was 



am kus tatam utcotcoahimuk sialik sui)apak(i) tcrma-a. Ava apa kuk 



there kind of white stand east slowly cover. It was there stand 



kutaniiim \a-akitcuk parsa ap kux kitaniam tcialkot. Kontak ipuk 



whitish house Ijefore there stand whitish cane. I was gra.sp 



lakatc ai) itcoik' ap sitcoa-akat. Kota ap nyriapa krs tiita r,sot4ik(i). 



with there made there stick. i was there came oul kind of white water. 



corner 



Hrk iutk' ap nvmapa kus tata vaktcutcu^hapi. Am ki ikha si-iskat 



That after there came out kind of white dragon flies. There four times around 



hihimuk am koavit tcotcp(i). Im katcim takio kus tatk{i) va-aki kux 



going there down sink. In laying direction kind of blue house stand 



o A "half laugh; more than a smile and less than a hearty laugh." 



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