STEVENSON] SONG OF THE Ko'yEMSHI 71 



IX 



You have reached the ki'wi'sine; ascend the hidder. 



You will enter the ki'wi*sine, and here you will sit down. Hasten and 



enter; hasten and stand. 

 Inside 3"Ou will see 3'our fathers" all seated calling for rains. 

 A ha' i hi' . . .a ha' i hi'. 



X 



Our great-f^randfather duck came out a short time since 

 From the old dance village b}^ the mountains. 



XI 



You have reached the ki'wi\sine; ascend the ladder. 

 You will enter the ki'wi'sine, and here you will sit down. 

 Hasten and enter; hasten and stand. 



Inside you will see your fathers all seated calling for seeds. 

 A. . --ha' i hi' a ha' i hi'. 



IX 



Li"la to'o i'ya; li'*la to'o ye'maku. 



Here you come; here you go up. 



Li"la to'o kwa'to; li"la to'o i'mu. 



Here you enter; here you sit down. 



A'uthluwa'la kwa'to; a'uthluwaHa ye'li. 



Hasten enter: liasten stand. 



Te^laku i'yiim to'o a't.iVhu a'wunatikia; 



Inside your yoti fathers will see; 



Ti'nanuli3"e yiim to'o 'kia'shima we'atina. 



AH sitting down your you rains calling for. 



A ha'., .i hi' a ha' i hi'. 



X 

 La'lekho'^li i'yokwi we'nima yal'laa' ho'nawa a'wan nana 



There [referring to Ko'thluwala'wa and the our great grand- 



two moTintrtins near by] father 



iwayusha' kwai'i ko'wa. 



duck eame out short time. 



XI 



Li"la to'o i'ya; li'1a to'o ye'maku. 



Here you come; here yon go up. 



Li"la to'o kwa'to; li'Ma to'o i'mu. 



Here you enter; here you sit 



down. 



A'u'hluwaMa kwa'to; a'u'hluwa'la ye'li, 



Hasten enter hasten stand, 



Te'4aku yjim to'o a'tji'chu a'wunatikia; 



Inside your you fathers will see; 



Ti'nanuliye yilm to'o to'shona we'atina. 



All sitting down your you seeds calling for. 



A ha' i hi' a ha' i . . . hi'. * 



a A'shiwanni (rain priests). bStanzas IX, X, and XI are sung on the roof of the ki'wi'sin?. 



