822 ZU55l RITUAL POETRY [ei 



te'lilfinan a'pa'una 



prayer stick clotbing (them) 



a"'ho' a-'ya'Eana 



persons completing them 



yam tsit i'li te'ona 



their mother having the one who is 



pi'tseni ol>a 



cotton woman 



Ro'ti pi"lenapte 



even a rough cotton cord 



a'witela'ina pa'nulapna ikwian-te"tci'na 



four times going around tied around reaching 



Ea'ciina la'cowa 



water hair feather 



te'likinaw' ho"i ya-'Eana-wapa 



prayer sticks having made them into persons 



yam tsit i'li te'ona 



their mothers having the one who is 



ha'kwin o'k'ii 



black paint woman 



he'tel o'lja 



clay woman 



a-'tcian ci"nan te'likinan i'ci'nana ho"i-ya''Eapa 



their flesh prayer stick getting flesh into persons having made them 



hol Ija-'ki ke'si le'anakapa 



whenever now having said 



te'liljinan i'leana 



prayer sticks taking 



yam leapRunan an ha'lawo'tinan i'leana 



our child his prayer meal taking 



le'hok" ?e'wus a'ka 



yonder prayer with 



hon o'neala kwai'ilekanawapa 



we roads having made go out severally 



yam a'witelin tsit o'na-elatena 



our earth mother on her road passing 



yam a-'lacina-'we 



our ancestors 



yam tca'we 



our children 



li-'lno tik'an i'lapkona 



here societies the ones who belonged to 



le'stiklea yam a-'tatcu 



furthermore our fathers 



we'ma a''pi'laci'wan*i 



beast bow priests m 



hon a'wona-e'latena 



we on their roads meeting them 



