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PRAYERS OF THE MEDICINE CULT 



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35 So that all my children 

 May be saved. 

 AH wiU be happy. 

 Safely the}' will bring fortli tlieir 



young. 

 So that all my children may finish 



•their roads, 

 So that they may grow old, 

 40 So that you may bless us witli life, 



So that none of my spring children 



May be left standing outside. 



So that you may protect us (I have 



done this) . 

 May our roads be fulfilled; 

 45 May we grow old; 



May our roads reach to dawn lake; 



May we grow old; 



May you bless us with life. 



35 a'ka horn tca'we te'mla a-'tc'ys-- 

 Eiina 

 te'mia i''Eetsana 

 e'letokna te'apkuna'wa 



a'lca hom tca'we te'mla a''wona- 



ya'"an'a 

 a"'lacian'a 

 40 lio"na ?;e'£ohanan Ion ya'niktcia- 



na-wa. 

 a'lfii hom Ea'nakwe'nan tca'we 

 kwa tcu'hol e'la la'tsina te'amcEiina 

 a'ka ho"na a"'te'ya'Siina' 



hon a"'wona-ya't'u 

 45 hon a''lacit'u 



te'hiwaian Kai'kwi o'neala te'Mcina 

 hon a''lacit'u 



ho"na ton te'Eohanan ya'niktci- 

 an'a. 



Prayer of the Chief of the Ant Society 



At the place of the first beginning, 



Ci'papolima, 



Life-giving priests, abide. 



My fathers, 

 5 Beast priests. 



Mountain lion, 



Bear, 



Badger, 



Wolf, 

 10 My father above, 



Knife wing. 



Shrew, 



My fathers. 



Over all this great world you go 

 about. 

 15 Rattlesnake yellow, 



Blue, 



Red, 



White, 



Many colored, 

 20 Black. 



Here at the place of j'our first be- 

 ginning, 



Ci'papolima, 



In your inner room, you live. 



Your massed cloud blanket is 

 spread out. 



Ijii'Sa tcimiEaka 

 ci'papo'lima 



o'na ya-'nalfa a-'ciwan'i a''teaiye. 

 hom a''tatcu 

 5 we''ma" a"'ciwan'i 

 ho'ktitaca 

 ai'nce 

 to'naci 

 yu'nawiEo. 

 10 i'yamakwi tatc-i'li te"ona 

 a'tciala'tapa 

 Eii'lutsi 

 hom a''tatcu 

 le- u'lo'nan la'na lion a''waluy*a. 



15 tci'tola lu'ptsina 



li"ana 



a'hona 



Eo'hana 



i'to'pan'ona 

 20 Ewi'n-a 



te'mla li'la b:a''Ea tci'miEafea 



ci'papolima 



le'li'ta Eon a''teaiye. 



to"na-wan a'weluyan pe'wi'a 



