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PRAYERS AND CHANTS 



775 



475 AU of these. 



With these tied about our waists, 



Provided witli this bundle over our 

 navels, 



We have passed you on your roads. 



For you we leave these seeds. 

 480 This is all. 



Thus with plain words 



We have passed you on your roads. 



Here for you we leave these seeds. 



When in the spring. 



Your earth mother is wet. 



In your earth mother 



You will bury these seeds. 



Carefully they will bring forth 

 their young. 



Bringing them back, 

 490 Toward this your thoughts will 

 bend. 



And henceforth, as kindred. 



Talking kindly to one another. 



We shall always live." 



And now indeed it has come to 

 pass. 



The thoughts of our fathers, 



Who at the New Year 



With precious plume wands ap- 

 pointed us — 



Their thoughts we now have ful- 

 filled. 

 500 Always with one thought 



We shall live. 



This is aU. 



Thus with plain words 



We have passed you on your roads. 

 505 This our father's waters, 



His seeds. 

 His riches, 

 His power, 

 510 His strong spirit. 



All his good fortune whatsoever. 



We shall give to you. 

 To the end, my fathers. 

 My children, 

 515 Verily, so long as we enjoy the 



light of day. 

 We shall greet one another as 



kindred. 



475 le'wi 



i-'hatapi'yana 



Ka'mulukwia pe'han i''yante'tci 



fo'na lion a''wona-e'latenapjfa. 



to"na to'waconan hon a'laSuna 

 480 le-'wi 



le"wi yu"he'to pe'nanaka 



to"na hon a''wona'e'latenaplfa. 



to'nawan li''lno to'waconan 

 a"'laEuna 



hon a'witelin tsit i'lap a''te"ona 

 485 te'Kina te'lakwai"ina 



yam a'witelin tsi'tana 



ton towaconan a''paluna"wa 



e'letokua teapEuna-wa 



a-wana' 'u'lana 

 490 i'skon tse"mak-te'lakwi 



i'' 'yanHfinapa 

 ya'cuwa Eokci 

 hon a''teKana 

 no' mihe 



495 hoi i'tiwana'a 



hon a''tatc i"lapona 



te'lilfinan ya''na a"'({a 



ho"na a'nulanapkowa 



a"'wan son tse"makwin mo'ta^a. 



500 to'pint i-'tse'makuna 



hon te'wanan a''teEan-a 



lewi 



le- yu-"he-to pe'nan a'lja 



to"na hon a-'wona-e'latenapjga. 

 505 lu'lfa hon tatci'li 



lu'Jfa an Ea'cima 



an to'waconan'e 



an u'tenan'e 



an sa'wanUfa 

 510 an tse"makwin tsu'me 



an kwa'hol te'mla te'n-i ha'lowi- 

 lin-e 



lo"na hon ya'nhaiteu'a. 



te'wuna' horn a"'tatcu 



hom tca'we 

 515 e'pac hon te'Eohanan hon i'yani- 

 l^inapa 



'* \ passage of double meaning. It refers to the relationship between raaa and corn and the speaicer 

 and the household which has welcomed him. 



