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Here we finish our prayer plumes. 



There " our fathers the Council of the Gods will receive them. 

 Pau'thoa. Our great fathers, *Kia'ettowe, Chu'ettowe, Mu'ettowe, 

 *Hle'ettowe, passed between the mountains to find the Middle of 

 the world, where they sit perfectly still. 

 Who is a good man ? Who possesses much wisdom ? 

 A member of the Council of the Gods. Over there, in the room above, 

 sitting in the hatchway. Everj-body knows *Kiaklo of the place; 

 this man knows much. 

 Pau'tivxi. Now, I wish some one to tell him to come. 

 Narrator. He hastens, comes in, and sits down. 



Li"la ho'nawe te'likinawe a'yakianap'kia. 



Here our prayer plumes finished. 



La'lek la'ki ho'nawe a'taV-hu i'likiana. 



There now our fathers have. 



Yam ^kia'shima te'litonan'kwi i'jinteshema. 



Our water inside phxce wi.sh. 



Te'likinawe a'yakianap'^kia, la'lekho'li ho'nawa Kok'ko A'wan. 



Prayer plumes finished, tliere our Council of the Gods. 



Te'likinawe i'tiuliMa, kianapkia.^ 



Prayer plumes placed together, finished. 



Pau'tlwa: 



Ho'nawe a'wan a'tii'^chu 'kia'ettowe, chu'ettowe, mu'ettowe, 



Our great fathers 



*hle'ettowe, a'wimpikwekia, kwai'ikia;'^ 



passed between, come out; 



La'lekho'li i'tiwanna le'anakia'nankwi yu'4akitikia. 



There middle name place sit perfectly still. 



Li'Ha ko'lehoMi 'se'manapkia. Chaup ^se'mak Jinikwa kian'na. 



Here how think. What man knows much. 



A niemhev of the Coimcil of the Gods: 

 'Hlo'kwa te'koskwa im'koskwi. 



Over there room above sitting in hatchway. 



E"sakianna 'Kiaklo te'yona; lu'kon '^se'mak iinikwa kian'na. 



Everybody knows 'Kiiiklo of the place; this man knows much. 



Pau'thoa: 



Te'wuna iln'teshema ti'nawe. 



Now wish tell him to come. 



Narrator: 



A'nanamei'kiashetikiakia,^ ikia, imite'la'kukia. 



He hastened, came, sat down. 



a Referring to Ko'thluwala'wa. 



ft Referring to planting prayer plumes, which are afterward received by the gods of Ko'thlu- 

 wala'wa. 

 "Referring to the ^t'towe passing between the mountains near Ko'thluwala'wa 

 d Referring to 'Kiiik'lo. 



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