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PKAYERS AND CHANTS 



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The winter solstice ceremonies and S'autiwa's part in them are 

 described on pp. 535 and 908. 



After Pautiwa has visited all the kivas he goes out toward the 

 west. After undressing, at a point on the river, he is met by men of 

 the Sun clan who escort hini to the house of the house chief. Here 

 are assembled all priests of the coimcil, and members of the Dogwood 

 clan. On entering, the impersonator of Pautiwa offers a long prayer 

 recounting the duties of his office and invoking a blessing on the 

 people. The house cliief rephes, thanking him, and then asks him 

 what he has seen in his rounds of the village. He then relates what 

 omens have been observed in the fom- excavations. The following 

 prayer recited when ho enters the ceremonial room, was dictated by 

 a member of the Dogwood clan : 



Now this many are the days 

 Since there yet remained a little 



space 

 Ere our sun father 

 Stood close beside his left hand 



sacred place, 

 5 When our daylight fathei of tlie 



Dogwood clan, 

 Pekwin, priest. 

 For his fathers, 



The ones that first had being — 

 Raeto'we, 

 10 Tcu'eto-we, 

 Mu'eto'we 

 Mu'eto'we Le'eto'we 

 All the society priests, 

 For them he counted up the days. 

 15 When we had lived through the 



full number of his daj's. 

 And when all the days were past, 

 He thought of those said to be the 



bearers of messages 

 To all the different directions, 

 The forest beings, 

 20 The brush beings. 



When for their sun father, 



Their moon mother, 



Our daylight children 



Had counted up the daj-s 



And when we come to the middle 



division of the days,^ 

 25 Our children. 



Whoever of them thought to grow 



old, 

 Taking prayer meal, 

 Taking shell, 

 Taking corn pollen. 



ma' le'si te'wanan-e 

 hon ya'toka tatc i'lap a''te'ona 

 yam we'ci^anem te'laci'nakwi 

 i'tiulatuntekwl kow a'nte'wetci 

 kwi 



5 hon teEohanan tatc i'lap a''te'ona 



pi'tcik a'nota pe'kwin ci'wau-i 



j'am a''tatcu 



tci'miKilnapkowa 



Ea'eto-we 

 10 tcu"e'to'we 



mu-"e'to'we 



le'"e'towe 



le' ti'ka a"'ciwan-i 



a''wan te'wanan pi"lapa 

 15 an hon te'wanan ai'yalena a^'tealja 

 tekwi 



tokw an te'mla tewaka tea 



lalhok" le'si te'kwi 



ya'cu'itulo'Kanaptun'ona 



le"anaEap takwil p3''li 

 20 la'kwil po''?i 



yam ya'toka ta'tcu 

 yam ya'onaka tsi'ta 

 yam te'Eohanan tea' we 

 a' 'wan fiewanan pi'lap loEwan 

 i'ti'ihaEika te'a'ana 



25 ho"na'wan tca'we 



hoi tcu'wa la'cina tse"ma'kona 



ha'lawotinan i''lcana 

 lo' i''{eana 

 o'nean i-'leana 



' The fifth day of the pekwin's count. This is the traditional day for gathering willow sticks tor making 

 prayer sticlis. As a matter of fact, sticks are brought in at any time. 



