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PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



757 



20 Rising, standing at their sacred 



place, 

 Have come to meet us now. 

 My chOdren,*" 



There in the rain-iilled rooms 

 Of your daylight fathers. 

 Your daylight mothers 

 You have stayed throughout the 



night. 

 27 Finally, my children, 

 Make haste now, 

 Get ready now. 

 30 Yesterday our daylight fathers,*' 

 Whoever of them wished to grow 



old. 

 Working on plume wands came to 



evening; 

 Working on prayer feathers they 



came to evening. 

 And furthermore our mothere,'^ 

 35 Whoever of them wished to grow 



old, 

 In order to add to the hearts of 



their ancestors. 

 Their children,'^ 

 40 Sitting weary by the fireplaces. 

 They came to evening. 

 With aching knees. 

 With sweat running down their 



faces, 

 With burned fingers. 

 Sitting wearily thej' came to 



evening. 

 45 And whoever else wished to grow 



old, 

 Preparing prayer meal ** 

 They gave it to us. 

 Taking only that. 

 The plume wands they gave us, 



20 yam fe'laci'nakwi 



i'luwakna Ee'atokna ho'n a-'wona- 

 elatenapjfii lje"'si 



hom tea' we 



lalhok" yam te'Eohanan a''tatcu 



yam le'Eohanan a-'tsita 

 25 a"'wan Ea'cima teli'to'kona 



ton ti'nan la'Ki lewaEanaplfa 

 ^e-si. 



te'wuna' tca'we 



he'ciEana'we IfC'si 



ye'lete'ena'we ke'si. 

 30 ho'na'wan te-'Eohanan a-'tatcu 



hoi tcuwa lacina tse'makona 



te'likinan leapa su'nhaEanaplfa 



la'cowan Jeapa su'nahaEanap^a. 



le'stiklea ho^na-wan a'tsita 

 35 hoi tcuwa lacina tse'makona 



yam a''lacina*we 

 yam tca'we 

 a'vv'ikena telianakwi 

 yam a'klikana'a 

 40 ti'na yu''te'tcina su'nhaEanap^a. 

 ko'w o'ci lu'tsisona 

 ko'w ha'kwilna kwai"ina 



ko'w a'simoyaltco tca'pina 

 ti'na yu'"te'tcina su'nhaEanapl^a. 



45 hoi tcuwa la'cina tse'makona 



yam ha'lawo'tinan ye'lete'u'kona 



hon a''lea'upa. 



u"si te"tci le'apa 



ho' te'lilfiuan a^'lea'kona 



80 The other impersonators, including the Ca'lako, but not the Koyemci, who do not leave for six days. 

 As a matter of fact, the dancing continues in all the houses until broad daylight. In Mrs. Stevenson's 

 day this prayer closed the ceremonies. 



*" The priests and the men of the house and their close relatives (in 1927 several members of the clan 

 of the house) make prayer sticks for all members of the Sayataca party. 



" The women who cook for the feast, the women of the house, their blood relatives, members of their 

 clan. 



S3 Before the food is eaten in the night each of the seven impersonators takes a bit from each dish. All 

 go out together and bury the food at Wide River, as an offering to aiacina'we. (See M. C. Stevenson 

 for a different account.) The food was not buried under the ladder in 1927. 



" The gods are sprinkled with meal by all observers during tbeir progress aroimd the village in the 

 afternoon of their entrance. 



