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PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



767 



150 There we gave them our father's 

 phime wands; 

 There with our father's day count 

 We counted the sequence of the 



days. 

 This many days, 

 155 Anxiously we have awaited the 

 time. 

 Yonder to the west ° 

 We gave our fathers plume wands. 



160 When the number of their days 



was at an end 

 For that which was soon to be 

 We again prepared plume wands. 

 When our plume wands were 



ready, 

 There to the west. 

 At the place called since the first 



beginning 

 165 Village of the masked gods,' 



Where the gray mountain stands, 

 And the blue mountain, 

 Where their altar stands above, 

 Where their altar lies beneath, 

 170 Where our fathers abide. 



We met them on their roads. 

 Where their water filled doorway 



opens outward. 

 We stood in the doorway. 

 175 There where our fathers' road 



comes out. 

 At their water-filled woodpile. 

 Four times we sprinkled prayer 



meal inside. 



180 Four times stepping down 



Standing we came in. 



Coming in standing. 



There our fathers, 



(Our ancestors) rain old men, 

 185 We passed on their roads. 



(Our ancestors) rain old women 



We passed on their roads. 



We saw them. 



Not one of them was missing; 



i'sEon yam a-'tatcu 

 150 hon te'lilfinan a''leana 



yam a-'tatcu 



awa ya'lenan isEan a'ka 



hon yalenan pi'lenaplja. 



le'si te'wanan-e 

 155 a'ntsume'na 



hon te'wanan a-'tealfa. 



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



yam a-'tatcu 



hon te'likinan a-'leana 

 160 a-'wan ya'lenan i-'te'tcap Ife'sti 

 te'atun'onalfa 



tem ta te'lilfina' ye'lete'ulja. 

 te'lilfina ye'lete'una 



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

 Ifa"'£a tci'miEaka 



165 ko'Juwala'wa 



ya'lan lo'Eana 



ya'lan li"ana 



te'laci'na ya'Ho 



le'lacina pa'li 

 170 yam a"'tatcu 



ti'nan laEikwi 



hon a''wona-elatelfa. 



a-'wan Eii'cima a'we'nan kwai"ina 



hon ye'li-Eoskuna 

 175 i'sEon yam a"'tatcu 



a-'wan o'nealan kwai"ina 



a''wan Ea'cima ta'pela'a 



yam ha'lawo'tinaue 



a''witela'ma o'ta'wite' kwa'to- 

 Ealfa 

 180 a''witela'ma we'piyaHo 



ho' ye''lana kwa'toEa{fa 



ho' ye'lana kwa'tokiina 



i'sEon yam a''tatcu 



Ea'cim a-'wots a'faci 

 185 hon a'wona'elatelfii 



Ea'cim a''wo(f' a-'laci 



hon a-'wona-e'latena 



hon a-'wunatiEa^fa 



el kwa tcu'wa i'meteam-e 



• The plantings to the west (i. e., southwest) are at intervals of 10 days. They are not at springs. Tbey 

 are at the following places: Panitaime, anelawan tekyapoa, suskan acoktan"e (suma'cokta), akohana 

 tinukwi. The last planting, at akohana tinakwi, is on the fortieth day, the day the Koyemci enter. 



' The ceremony takes place at Ca'lako house, an inclosure on the west side of the hill surmounted by 

 white rocks. The Ca'lako wo'le of each kiva impersonates the "(athet." 



