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ZUNI RITUAL POETRY 



[eTH. ANN. 47 



90 Recently, by virtue of the corn 



priests water-bringing words, 

 You have passed one another on 



your road. 

 When you reveal to us "'' 

 How the days will be, 

 How the world will be. 

 Knowing that. 

 We shall pass our days. 

 To this end, my nieces,^' 

 Add to your hearts. 

 So that your people you may waft 



hither only, 

 So that 3'ou may speed them 



hither, 

 On this do not fail to fix your 



thoughts.'* 

 This is all. 



90 lo'wa ci'wan an Ka'cinia pe'yen 

 a'kil 

 ton i''yona-e'latenapka 



ko"nhol tewanan te'atun'ona 

 ko"nhohi'lo'nan te'atun'ona 

 ho"na ton ai'yu'ya-Ijana'wapa. 

 95 u's ai'yu'j'a'na 



lion te'wanan a''tek:ina 

 te'wuna' hom a''weye. 

 i'ke'n i''teliana 

 kal te"tci 

 100 ai'yupila'na 

 i'ya'hawakan-a 



el ton te'alt i'yantse"manamtu 



ke'si 

 le'wi. 



He deposits the scalp in the scalp house, replaces the cover and 

 comes back to the village. On his way back he mounts to four 

 housetops, leaving on each a grain of black corn "to make his road 

 dark." At his own house the ladder has been turned upside down. 

 As soon as he has mounted it, it is righted so that the ghost can not 

 follow him up. He comes into the house without speaking, hangs up 

 his blanket and goes right out. Standing on the housetop facing the 

 east, holding in his hands what yet remains of the black corn, he 

 prays : 



This many are the days 

 Since our children 

 Neglecting their little ones, 

 Neglecting their wives, 

 5 Yonder into the enemy's country 

 Made their road go forth. 

 Presently, even where the enemy 

 Stayed peacefully in their huts 



Our fathers, 

 10 The ones who hold the high places. 



Having commanded the enemy to 

 be as women. 



In a shower of arrows, 



A shower of war clubs, 

 15 With bloody head. 



The enemy reached the end of his 

 hfe. 



Our fathers, 



Beast bow priests, 



ma' le'si te'wanan-e 



ho"na'wan te'apEuna'we 



yam tca'-teEalacna 



yam o'y-teEalacna 

 5 le'hok" i'nakwe an u'lo'nakwi 



o'neal a''Eanapka 



ke'ctce"t i'nakwe te"ona 



hoi yam ha'cotcina j-u'laki ti'nan 

 la'Eapte 



hon a-'tatc i'lapona 

 10 te'alan i'lapona 



o'kiinakwe ya'nhe'tocna'wapa 



i'nakwe te"ona 



ka-'wi co'-li'tekwanel'a 



ko-'wi ta-h'tekwanel'a 

 15 ka-'wi ce'mEaia 



i'nakwe te"ona 



te'Eohanan pa'Hopa 



hon a-'tatc i'lapona 



we'ma- a"'pi'la'ci'wan'i 



36 The scalp chief hopes for some omen at this time. 



3' The scalps. 



3S May we kill more of the enemy and imprison them here to serve our ends. 



