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PRATERS AND CHANTS 



773 



395 The water-filled room of our day- 

 light fathers, 

 Our daylight mothers, 

 Our daylight children, 



Four times we rooted all about: '^ 



400 The north root, 



The west root, 



The south root. 



The east root. 



The upper root, 

 405 The lower root — 



This we brought to an end. 



When this was at an end," 



Our daylight father. 



To where his rain seat had been 

 spread 

 410 Four times he threw out prayer 

 meal. 



Our daylight father took hold of us; 



Presenting us to aU directions 

 He made us sit down. 

 415 We sat down quietly 



We waited for his words. 



Our daylight father 



Four times drew toward him his 



water roU. 

 Taking his grandmother bj' the 



hand 

 He made her sit in the doorwa}'. 

 Four times into his body 

 He drew the mist. 

 With mist he added to the hearts 



of his fathers. 

 425 That so long as we enjoy the light 



of day we may greet one another 



as kindred 

 We now greeted one another. 

 Fathers," 

 Sons; 

 Elder brother, younger brother; 



uncle, nephew; grandfather, 



grandson; great-grandfather, 



great-grandson. 

 With this many words we greeted 



one another. 



395 yam l^e'Eohanan a''tatcu 



yam te'Eohanan a-'tsita 



yam te'Eohanan tca'we 



a''wan Kacima te'li'tona 



a'witela'ma hon la'kwimona 

 i-'yant«'tciKanapifa 

 400 hon pi'cle la'kwimona 



hon Ealici la'kwimona 



hon a'laho la'kwimona 



hon !;e'maEo la'kwimona 



hon i'yama la'wimona 

 405 hon ma'nila'ma la'kwimona 



lu'ljaEon i-'te'tcilfa 



i''te'tcaj3a 



hon te'Eohanan tatci'li te"ona 



yam Ea'cima pai'yan e'lete'alja- 

 tekwi 

 410 yam ha'lawo'tinan a''witela'ma 

 ho'n o'ta'wite' u'laka 



hon te'Eohanan tatc i'li te"ona 



ho"na ya'JeJfa 



le'si te'kwin ta"Eana 



ho"na a'nimla'Eu^fa 

 415 hon i'mila'Euka 



hon se'wekc i''cokya-^a 



hon te'Eonanan tatc i'lite"ona 



yam Ea'cima pone 



a'witela'ma a"na'ulalfa 

 420 yam hot as-a"nalfa 



a'nimEo'sEulja. 



a-'witela'ma ci'pololon yam le'- 



hulkwi a'na'kwatolfa 

 yam a'tatcu 



ci'pololon a'ka a"'wilfe'na te'lialja 

 425 te'Eohanan yam a'lfa r'yaniljina- 



pona 



hon a-'yanilfinapl(a. 



ta'tcuwe 



ta'lewe 



pa'pamo su'wemo Ija'lfamo Ea'- 

 semo na'namo a'limo to'clemo 

 u'wa^famo hon a'^a i'yanikina 



I? The marking of the waUs with com meal. The roof and floor are not marked. 



'* The text makes no mention of the deposit of plume wands in the roof and of seeds in the floor. This, 

 presumably, is an omission, since the rite is performed as in the Sayataca house, and is fully described in 

 the Sayataca chant 



'* For the first two terms, plurals are lased tatcuwe, talewe (the regular plural of latcu is a*'tatcu). Tate 

 is the usual word for brother's son, or any male "child" of one's clan. This explains its use instead of 

 the expected tcal'e. 



