Lvaprskatii katc huk bastcony pat hohoki katc 



He was lay thht what my* bad food lay 



THK WARPATH. FIRST SPEECH 



We have vonw thus far. my l>rotliers. 1 went from \illao-o to villaijc, 

 tellino' you to be ready. You came to our village and ate oui' humble 

 fare antldrank from our olhis. As the blue shadows of evening beoan 

 to fall we gathered in a circle and neglected our usual duties. The 

 next day at nigiitfall we again gathered and repeated the ceremonie.'S 

 of the tirst evening. 



To-night our medicine-man shall render the darkness yellow and 

 gra\', so that we may beconu; invisible to our enemies. He examines 

 his equipment, his shield and club, his sandal strings and tlie netting 

 of ins gourd canteen are tightened, his headdress is moistenecl and 

 shaped, his black paint is renewed that he ma\' be proper!}' painted 



lat' tava tcutcka nanCdva tcoi-ikam nyimiki. S'ha-ap ant, hums, 



Here pla<'e we varicius classes relatives. That T. yes, 



itata. OS nyu moluna wusk ap iwoetahi ka-am smatc' ait hinulk am 



do tree liie liniken all there distribute there know after going there 



utcuma-ak himfik am utcuma-a. Kota hupaitcut niujutum nyimiki 



arrive going there arrive. It was where from running relativt 



atavai tcivia. A\ 



llad came. 



ukukoslt. Rsotaki nyu vasipitc ip uvavinyit. Kota ima.si, kota 



he eats. Water me lake with he quenched. It was morning, it was 



itany ipum hutculuwa kus tcutaki nyhojinyik kus tcutaki nyhakoata 



now you slide kind of blue me evening kind of blue ' me ring 



kontak hap tcoi-ikain takutak' huk uta am s'iam vakitk' tarsuwa. 



with that that sort of release that in there right enter placed. 



Kota iiua.si kota itany ipum hutculuwa kus tcutaki nvhojinvik 



It was morning it was now' you slide kind of blue " evening 



kus tcutaki nyhaxoata kontak hap tcoi-ikam takutak' huk ut:i am 



kind of blue ' me ring with it that sort of release that in thiTe 



s'iam vakltk' tarsuwa. Kota-ama pi-ipuk nyunya konta iworsanyili 



right enter placed. It was the in breathless silent 1 was arose 



tcuwu} tciakasik siki:irsk kukiwa. Kota ama makai tcokaki ikul 



land rock shelter stepped stood. It was then magician darkness fell 



uhokit an oama uhokit an ni'ata" tak' si-ivantckuwak' hukatc sis 



side by side there yellow side by side there ashy that jerk with very 



ia-amp mai-irsk tcu. Anya huk wukatc am taktc' amliunyuwa. 



good covereil placed. I was that around there sitting pri'pai-ing. 



Nyu kaAat masit ors rsapatk' nyu wuntahlm. Nyu kaikia 



ile shield renew stick short me together. Me stmdal 



sivinukutcot nvu vaka sisuvinam pihiwuk. Nyu sivuta sihiavtck' 



strings tighten me gourd tiglitening envelope. Me headdress soften 



woehya nytcokolitc ap utix ip sintatak, huk wukatc amutaktc' 



face me black paint there in with spread, that around silting 



" .\ guttural expulsion of breath follows m', 

 26 ETH— OS 'M 369 



