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PRAYERS OF THE WAR CULT 



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135 Then the enemy 135 i'nakwe tc"ona 



Into the corn loriests' country lo'wa ci'wan an u'lo'nakwi 



Made his road enter. o'neala kwa'toEaka 



Now shout! te'wuna' we'ana'we' 



O . 



Again — 



O 



Again — 



O . 



Once more — 



O - 



Pu-hu hu 



Huhhu 



We . 



The elder brother bow priest addresses the people in the same vein. 

 Then the scalp chief offers to the scalp a handful of bread saved from 

 his earlier offerinsr. 



]>'u hu hum hu hum we- 



Now, this day 

 That you have been set up 

 In the corn priests' rain-filled court, 

 All the children of the corn priest 

 5 Will be dancing for you. 



All the children of the corn priest 

 Will pass you on your road. 

 They will add to your heart. 

 10 Should anyone by mistake touch 



you 

 May no evil consequence befall him 



because of it. 

 With this fruit of the corn priests' 



labor 

 Add to your heart. 

 Your long life, 



15 Your old age, 



Your waters. 



Your seeds. 



Grant them. 



To cleanse the thoughts 

 20 Of whoever has angry thoughts, 



For this you will stand up here. 



ma' lu'lfa ya'ton-e 

 to'wa ci'wan an aEcima !;e"wito'a 

 to' ye'liato'una 

 le' to'wa ci'wan an tca'we 

 5 to'ma ta'lna a-'tekana 

 le- ?o'wa ci'wan an tca'we 

 torn o'na-e'latena'wa 

 !;om i'ke'na te'liana-wa 

 hoi tcu'wa tomiyacna 

 10 torn a'Ipitina 



kwa i"'yatonan te'amekan'a 



lo'wa ci'wan an yu'mo'kwc-nan 

 a'tii 



i'ke"n i-'teliana. 



yam o'naya^'naka 

 15 yam la'cialfii 



yam Ka'clma 



yam to'waconan'e 



lo' ya'nhaitena 



hoi tcu'wa tse"makwi' sa'mu toa'- 

 kowa 

 20 hon tse"makwi- Eo'kcunakwi 



to e'latoEan'a. 



After four days the scalp is washed at any spring outside the town 

 or in the river. Care is taken that the water used for the washing 

 does not flow back into the river to bring death to those who drink 

 of it. The scalp washer bites the scalp to get the power of the beast 

 gods. "He acts like an animal," and therefore he does not need, in 

 order to save his life, to observe the taboos generally required by con- 

 taminating contact with the dead. Prayer sticks are planted before 

 the ceremony. At the conclusion the bowl is broken and cast away 

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