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PRAYERS TO THE SUN 



639 



25 And sat down quietly. 



Then the one who is my dayliglit 

 father 



Laid hold of me. 



Presenting me yonder to all tlie 

 directions, 

 30 He seated me, 



Giving me the world. 



After a blessed night 



We came to day. 



Ne.xt day 

 35 Saying, "Let it be now," 



Our two fathers 



Yonder passed their elder brothers 

 on their roads.^ 



As they counted up the days for us 

 40 Eagerly awaiting their days 



We passed the days. 



When all of their daj's were past, 



Then our two fathers, 



gii'wuHa Pa'utiwa 

 45 We passed at their middle day. 



Yesterday 



When our sun father 



Had yet a little space to go 



To go in to sit down at his sacred 

 place. 



Yonder our fathers of all directions, 



Water bringing birds,^ 



Pekwin, priest, 



From where he stays quietly 

 55 Making his road come forth. 



Making his road come hither, 



Thinking, "Let it be here," 



Fashioned his fathers massed cloud 

 house,' 



60 Spread out their mist blanket. 

 Sent forth their life-giving road. 



Prepared their spring. 



Then our two fathers, 

 Ka'wuha 

 65 Pa'utiwa 



To his house chiefs, 

 His pekwins, 

 To his bow priests, 

 To all of these, 



25 a'tc i'mHa'Eulf5,. 



ho' ?ie'Eohanan tatc i'li te"ona 



ho'ma ya'te^ii 



la'ihok" le'si te'kwi 



hom e'lulatena 

 30 hom a'nim-}a'Euna 



hom 'u'lo'n u'tsipljii 



lie'linan Ro'kci 



hon a''wan te'waka 



ie'wa ya'on-e 

 35 hoi ^a"'5i ke"si' le"anaKapa 



hon a"'tcia tatc i'lap a''te"ona 



le'hok" a''tcia a-'papa 



a-'wona-e'latena 



a'tc ho"na'wan fie'wan pi"lupa 

 40 a''tcia ^e'wanan a'ntsume'na 



hon fie'wanan a^'teaka te'a'ana 



lo'kwa le' le'waka te'a'ana 



hon a''tcia tatc i'lap a-'te'ona 



Sa'wulia pa'utiwa 

 45 hon a''tcia i'tiwanan e'latenaplja 



te'cukwa ya'tone 



ho'n ya'tolfa tatc i'lap a"'te'ona 



yam ^e'Jacinakwi 



i-'muna kwa'tokatun te'kwi 

 50 ko'w a'nte'wetcikwi 



la'lkok" le'si te'kwi 



hon a' 'tatc i'lapona 



Ea'cima WD''we pe'kwin a-'ciwan-i 



yam ?i'nan la'Ei'kona 

 55 o'neala kwai"iEana 



o'neai i'Eiina 



hoi li-'Ja le"hatina 



yam a^'tatcu 



a''wan a'weluyan Eii'kwen 

 ya''Eana 

 60 a-'wan ci'pololon pe'wuna 



a''wan o'naya'nakii o'nealan 

 a"'Eana 



a''wan Eii'nakwe'nau ye'lete'u- 

 naplja te'kwi 



hon a''tcia tatc i'lap a"'te'ona 



Eii'wuHa 

 65 pa'utiwa 



yam Ea'kwa-mo'si 



yam pe'kwi'we 



yam a-'pi'la'ci'wan-i 



i'te'tciuici 



i The idols are taken to the mountain shrines, 



The birds who sing before the rain. They are believed to be messengers of the supematurals, sent 

 to annoimce the rain. Hence pekwin, the speaker of the priests and annoimcer of ceremonies, is called 

 figuratively " water birds," 



■ The meal painting on the altar. 



