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ZXJNI RITUAL POETRY 



[ETH. ANN. 47 



1 10 His fathers' massed cloud house he 

 fashioned, 

 Their mist blanket he spread out, 

 Their life-giving road he fashioned, 

 Their perfect spring he prepared. 



115 When all was ready our two fathers. 



The ones who hold tlie high places, 



And tlieir house chiefs, 



Their pelcwins, 



Their bow priests, 

 120 AU with their sacred possessions,* 



Made their roads come in. 



Perpetuating tlieir rite handed 

 down since the first beginning, 



The two sat down quietly. 



Listening for this, 

 125 All the society priests 



Kept to their houses.' 



And to wherever they staid in, 



Along a single road 



The divine ones came to them. 



Sitting down quietly 

 130 Throughout a blessed night 



With us, their children, they came 

 to day. 



Next da J', 



Saying, "Let it be now," 



Our two fathers, 

 135 The ones who hold the high places. 



Met their elder brothers,'" 



Changing places with them 

 The divine ones sat down quietly, 

 140 And counted the days for us. 



When all our days were passed in 



anticipation, 

 And when we came to the middle 



division of the days. 

 The ones who are our fatliers 

 Those of the Dogwood clan 



110 yam a-'tatcona-wa 



a'weluyan Ea'kwen ya'Kana 



ci'pololon pe'wuna 



o'na-ya-'nalca o'nealan ya-'lj'ana 



Ea'nakwai'in'e ya"'na ye'lete'u^a 

 te'kN\i 

 115 hon a"'tcia tate i'lap a''te'ona 



te'alan i'lon a''tci 



yam Ka'Ewa"mos'i 



yam pe'kwi'we 



yam a-'pi'laxiwan-i 

 120 yam e'leteliwe a'wili 



a-tc o'neala kwa'toKana 



yam ko' tci''miKa'kowa te'lia'na 



a"tc a'miia'Eupa 

 leEo yu""hatia'na 

 125 le' ti'ka a-'ciwan-i 



hoi yam he'cotaEanapk;a tea'kona 



to'pin? o'neala' ana 

 Eii'pin a-'ho'i 

 ilinan la'Eikna 

 130 te'iinan Eo'kci 



ho'n tcawilap a^'wanlewaka. 



te'wap ya'ton-e 



ho} ka-'Ei ke"'si le"anaEapa 



hon a''tcia tatc i'lap a''teo'na 

 135 te'alan i'lon a''tci 



yam a' 'papa 



a'tc a''wona-e'latena 



Eii'pin a''ho'i 



i'yali'na itinan-la'Eikna 

 140 ho'na'wan le'wanan pi"lana-wapa 



hon a''wan?;ewanan aniisume'na 

 a''teaka te'a'ana 



lokw a'wan i'tiwi''haEika te'a'ana 



hon a''tatc i'lapona 



pi"tcik a'not a'nilap a-'te'ona 



! The war gods come into the kiva, followed by the various sacred war bundles, and parts of the rain- 

 making bundles of the chief priesthoods. 



' The priests wait in the kiva until they are visited by the Ne'we'kwe. Then they start their ceremonies, 

 and, on hearing their drum, the other societies that have been waiting start their own ceremonies. 



10 The war gods are taken out to their shrines, where they are set up to replace the images of previous 

 years. 



