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PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



715 



The water weeds, 



The water cress, 



The round-leafed weed; 



Across my navel 



His bundle reached. 



And then also, the yellow clothing 



bundle ■" of the priest of the north, 

 The blue clothing bundle of the priest 



of the west. 

 The red clothing bundle of the priest of 



the south. 

 The white clothing bundle of the priest 



of the east, 

 The many colored bundle of the priest 



of the above. 

 The dark colored bundle of the priest 



of the below; 

 Across my navel 

 His bundle reached. 

 When all this was at an end, 

 My father spoke to me: 

 "Thus you wiU go. 

 Your daylight fathers, 

 Your daylight mothers, 

 Your daylight children 

 You will pass on their roads. 

 And wherever you come to rest. 

 We shall come to you.-™ 

 Assuredly none of us shall be left 



behind — 

 AU the men, 



Those with snow upon their heads, 

 With moss on their faces. 

 With skinny knees, no longer upright, 



and leaning on canes, 

 Even all of these; 

 And furthermore the women. 

 Even those who are with child, 

 Carrying one child on the back, 

 Holding another on a cradle board, 

 Leading one by the hand. 

 With yet another going before, 

 Even all of us, 

 Our daylight fathers, 

 Our daylight mothers, 



Our children. 



We shall pass on their roads." 



Thus my father said. 



Having spoken thus, 



He took hold of me. 



Presenting me to all the directions he 

 made me arise. 



With his prayer meal 



Four times he sprinkled his water- 

 filled ladder. 



After him. 



Four times I sprinkled my prayer meal. 



Taking four steps, 



Four times striding forward. 



Standing, I came out. 



[Having come out standing, 



Yonder to all directions I looked;*' 



I looked toward the north, 



I looked toward the west, 



I looked toward the south, 



I looked toward the east. 



Hither, toward the place of dawn, 



I saw four roads going side by side. 



Along the middle road. 



Four times my prayer meal I sprinkled. 



There I made the soiuid of the water- 



fiUed breath of the priest of the 



north.*2 



Taking four steps. 



Four times striding forward, 



To the place known since the first 



beginning as Great Lake,*^ 

 My road came. 



Where my father's road comes out 

 I stood in the doorn'ay. 

 That which formed my belt, 

 My prayer meal, 

 Four times sprinkling inside, 

 I opened their curtain of scum.** 

 After that, 

 Four times sprinkling prayer meal 



inside 

 Standing I came in. 

 When I came in standing, 



" U'tenan he'Eune. A word of esoteric meaning; utenane is clothing and ornaments, any movable 

 wealth. It is not the ordinary word for clothing. ?ekwin possesses he£une instead of e'tone. In the 

 Corn dance the leaders carry he£une on their heads. Pekwin makes it, and no one knows what it con- 

 tains inside the rich wrappings. U'tenan helEune seems to be a symbol of wealth. 



*" The gods who are believed to be present in spirit on this night. 



" .\t this point in the prayer the chief wo'le rises and whirls a rhombus, symbolizing the breath of the 

 rain makers. 



" The north wind. AVind brings rain. 



" One of the springs at which the a-'ciwi stopped on their journey in search of the middle place. 



^ In this case he actually enters the spring. The term, "to open the scum," is, however, tjsed esoterically 

 to refer to the entrance of any impersonator into a kiva or other ceremonial room. 



