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PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



765 



75 Yonder in the west, 



Had grown to maturity." 

 Carrying our fathers' precious »» 



plume wand, 

 To which we had fastened our own 



common ' plume wand, 

 80 Carrying these pUime wands, 

 Yonder to the south. 

 We made our roads go. 

 At the place called since the first 



beginning 

 Snow hanging, 

 85 We met our fathers on their roads. 

 Where their watery roads come 



forth - 

 We stood in the doorway. 

 90 There we gave our fathers plume 



wands. 

 We gave them prayer feathers, 

 AVc gave them rain-bringing ciga- 

 rettes, 

 We gave them prayer meal. 

 Making their days, 

 95 Throughout the sequence of their 



months 

 Eagerly we awaited our time. 



Whenever the time came, 

 Yonder to the south. 

 Throughout the sequence of the 

 months of summer, 



100 Wherever the roads of our fathers 

 come out, 

 We gave them plume wands. 

 When all their springs were at an 

 end, 

 105 Our fathers. 



For that which was soon to be 

 Met all together in their water- 

 filled room. 

 With the Hesh of their mother, 



75 li-'wan Ea'lici a'nkwin ta"na 



ho"i ya^'Riilja tea'ana 



yam a'tatcu 



a'wan te'likinan ya''na 



yam te'liljinan ci'mato a'mpatcu'- 

 kowa 

 80 te'likinan i'leana 



lehok" a"'lahoa'nkwin ta"na 



hon o'neala a'EanapJja. 



^fii-'Ea tci'miEaka 



U'Miana'a le'anaSana 



85 yam a''tatcu 



hon a'wona-e'latenaplja. 



a"'wan Ea'cim o'nealan kwai"ina 



hon i-'hiwan i'Eoskwika 



isEon yam a-'tatcu 

 90 hon te'liljinan a-'leana 



la'cowa a-'leana 



Ea'cima po'ne a^'leana 



ha'lawo'tinan a-'Jeana 

 a-'wan te'wanan a'cna 

 95 a'wan ya'tcu pi'lana 



a-'wan Je'wanan a'nfisume'na 

 hon te'wanan a-'tealca. 

 a-'teakiitekwin li'wan a'laho'a'n- 



kwin ta"na 

 yatcu pi "Ian e 

 100 o'lo'ik'anan-e 

 yam a'tatcu 

 a'wan o'neala kwai"ina'kowa 



hon te'likinan a''tcanap(fa 

 a''wan Ea'nakwai'ina i''te'tcapa 



105 hon a''tatc i'lapona 

 {(e'sti te'atun'onaka 

 yam Ea'cima te'li'tokwi 

 te'miamo i-'yona-e'latenaplfa. 

 yam tsit i'lap a'te'ona 



*6 The 10 plantings at the springs to the south arc generally at the full moon. If the moon is waxing at 

 the New Year there may be 11 plantings (two at toloknana in midsummer). The first and last plantings 

 may be when the moon is 6 days old. See p. 712, note. 



** Literally "finished," i. e., with the paint brought by the priests from the underworld. This is part 

 of the sacred paraphernalia of the priests and forms part of their altars at seasons of retreat. A tiny bit 

 is scraped off and mixed with other paint. 



' Painted with ordinary paint. 



' At springs 



