BUNZEL] PRAYERS OF THE MEDICINE CULT 827 



a-'wan u'tenan pi"nan'e 



their clothing breath 



a-'wan tse"makwin ?su'me pi"nan'e 



their spirit strong breath 



a"'wan sa'wanika pi"nan-e 



their power breath 



a-'wan kwa'ho} te'mla te'n'i ha'lowilin pi"nan i'lap a-'te'ona 



their something everything at all good luck breath that they have 



pi"nan yai'necemana 



breath asking from them 



yam ?e'hul Katnakwi jDi"nan a'na'kwa'toEana 



our body cavity warm breath drawing in 



to'man Ion pi"nan te'liana'wa. 



for you we breath will add (to). 



el yam a-'tatcu a''wan pi"nan ya'tcita'nam'e 



do not your fathers their breath (do not) despise 



yam ce'lnakwi 



your inside of body 



pi"nan a'na-'kwatoEana 



breath drawing in 



hol yam ya'toka ta'tcu 



where your sun father 



an o'naya-'naka o'nealan k\vai"inak\vi o'nea} u'la 



his life-giving road where it comes out road touching 



i'piya-feu'mepa 



hand in hand fast 



i'yakna lo'"opa 



holding one another tight 



yam i'yona ya''kana a-'tea?un'onak-a 



your roads finishing that (you) may be the ones 



toman Ion pi"nan te'liana'wa kc'si. 



for you we breath add to now. 



te'wuna' hom tatcu 



finally my father 



tom fe'kohanan a'niktcia't'u 



you life may he grant 



hol Je'luaiyan KaiakwT o'neal te"tcina 



somewhere dawn lake road reaching 



?o o'na ya-'t'u 



vou road may [be] finished 



Prayer of A Society Chief During His Winter Retreat 



At the winter solstice all the societies observe retreats. After the 

 images of the war god have gone into the kiva on the night before the 

 first great prayer stick planting they hold late meetings at which 

 special prayers are said for rain. There are special and very secret 

 songs that are sung on this night only. They do not go into retreat 

 formally until the next night. Three nights are spent mainly in prep- 



