PRAYERS TO THE ANCIENTS 



633 



10 Praj'er meal, 



Shell, 



Pollen, 



I offer to you. 



Our sun father, 

 15 To you I offer prayer meal. 



To you we offer it. 



To you we offer pollen. 



According to the «ords of my prayer 



Even so may it he. 

 20 There shall be no deviation. 



Sincerely 



From my heart I send forth my 

 prayers. 



To you prayer meal. 



Shell I offer. 

 25 Pollen I offer. 



According to the words of my prayer 



Even so may it be. 



Now this day. 



My ancestors. 



You have attained the far-off place 

 of waters.22 



This day, 

 5 Carrying plume wands. 



Plume wands which I have pre- 

 pared for your use. 



I pass you on your roads. 



I offer you plume wands. 

 10 When you have taken my plume 

 wands, 



AU your good fortune whereof you 

 are possessed 



You will grant to me. 



And furthermore 



You, my mother,-^ 

 15 Verily, in the daylight 



With thoughts embracing, 



We passed our days 



Now you have attained the far-off 

 place of waters. 



I give you plume wands. 



10 ha'lawo'tinan'e 



lo-"o 



o'nean'e 



lo'nsk ho' a-'fea'u 



ho"na'wa yii'toka tatc i'lapona 

 15 ?o"na lo ha'lawo'tinan a^'lea'u 



to"na hon a''Jea'u. 



to"na ho' o'nean a-'lea'u 



ho'lno ho' te'wusu pe'yena'kowa 



i'snoKo le'Ktin-a. 

 20 kwa a'wela'kowa kwa te'ameKiin'a 



hi'yawolucna 



yam i'ke-na ho' tewusu pe'nan 

 Kwai"'E!ina 



?o"na ha'lawo'tinan-e 



}o""o a''lea'u 

 25 o'nean a"'}ea'u 



ho'ino'konaho'Ie'wusu ho'peyena'- 

 kowa 



i'snolfon te'Ean-a. 



ma' lu'ka ya'ton-e 



hom a''}acina'we 



le'hok" ton Ka'cima le"wok'a- 

 napkii. 



lu'ka ya'ton'e 

 5 to"na'wan hai'to 



yam te'likinan ye'lete'u'kowa 



te'likinan i'leana 



to"na lo a''wona-e'latena". 



to'n te'likinan a''lea'upa 

 10 ho"na'wan te'likinan i'leana 



yam kwaho} te'ni ha'lowilin i'lap 



a-'te'ona 

 hom Ion a'nhaitena-wa. 

 le'stikleapa 

 lorn ho' tsi't'i'li 

 15 e'pac le'Kohanana 

 {•'tsemak-te'lakwi 

 hon te'wanan te'al^a. 

 le'hok" lo' Eacima le'Svolja. 



lo'man hai'to 



" The dead, whose abiding place is a lalfe. 



" .\ term of endearment used for one's wife or child in moments of great tenderness. Often "my mother, 

 my child." 



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