82 THE ZUNI INDIANS [eth. asn. 23 



^Kldlio. 1 am here. What do 3^011 wi.sh of me? You wished me to 



come. What do you wish to say ? Do you wish to talk much 



tog-ether? 

 Pau'tlwa. There in I'tiwanna (Middle name place) our great fathers 



sit perfectly still. 

 You will tell the g-reat ones to count the days one by one, and in 



eight days the gods will go over the road and meet all our fathers. 



We will go over the road and meet them ; we will meet all our fathers. 

 Now, think of some. Perhaps all are gathered. Good! No, I 



have not my North father of the place, the god with the scapula 



of the 3'ellow deer of the North; the god with the scapula of the 



^KidMo: 



Li^la, kon iyanteku'nakia? 



Here, what ilo you wish of me? 



E'malakiama ho'o to'o an'teshema ti'napkia. 



Now I you wish come here? 



Ma'imati chaup hin'choHi pe'nane teyu 'hlanna? 



Now what wish talk big? 



*Hlan'na pe'nan te'j^akiana? 



Big talli together? 



Pau'tiwa: 



La'lekho"li i'tiwanna le'anakia'nankwi 



There middle name place 



Ho'nawa a' wan a'tiiVhu" jui'Hakitikia.^ A'wona ellatekia'na.'^ 



Our great fathers sit perfectly still. Road meet. 



A'wa yal'lenan pi'lakiana. 



All count days one by one, 



La'lekho'li 3'am a'ta'chu to'no a'wona el'latekia'na. 



There your fathers you road will meet. 



A'wati tela'ma to'no i'techuna i'ku kia'tekwi."^ 



Four steps you will take hasten re"ach place. 



Les'si te'wanna, hin'choli hai'elikkia te'wakia. 



So many day.s, wish eight days. 



Te'aan'na temMamo 3^am a'tilVhu a'wona el'latekia'na. 



After all our fathers road meet. 



Yjim a'tii'chu'' tem'lamo ho'no a'wona el'letekia'na. ' 



Our fathers all of them we road meet. 



E'malakiama, i'3'antesemanawe.-^ Ho'lon tem'la ha'pona kok'shiye. 



Now, think of some. Perhaps all gathered, good. 



Elth"la, kwali'wan em'pishlankwinta'na ho'o ta"'chu i'li te'j'ona. 



No, not this way north my father have of the place. 



Kok'ko *hlup"^sina kiai siilimon 'hlup'sina il'ona; 



God yellow deer scapula yellow got; 



nA'shiwanni (rain priests). 



'' A'shiwi (the Zunis) have found the Middle place and ceased their journeying. 



f Referring to the A'shiwi meeting the gods from Ko'thluwala'wa. 



d Present site of Zuni. 



e The A'shiwi (Zunis). 



/Reference to thinking of men who will serve the purpose. 



