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prayers op the medicine cult 

 Prayer for Stalking Deer 



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When a hunter sees deer tracks he crouches doAvn in the trail and 

 offers prayer meal to the deer, with the request that he may reveal 

 himself. The following; text is taken from a folk tale in which success 

 in hunting is the test imposed on suitors. Several suitors fail because 

 they neglect to offer prayer meal to the prey. 



This day 



He who holds our roads, 



Our sun father, 



Has come out standing to his sacred 



place. 

 Now that he has passed us on our roads, 

 Here we pass you on your road. 

 Divine one. 



The flesh of the white corn. 

 Prayer meal. 

 Shell, 



Corn pollen, 

 Here I offer to you. 

 With your wisdom 

 Taking the prayer meal. 

 The shell, 

 The corn pollen, 

 This day, 

 My fathers. 

 My mothers. 

 In some little hollow. 

 In some low brush. 

 You will reveal yourselves to me. 

 Then with your flesh. 

 With your living waters. 

 May I sate myself. In order that this 



may be 

 Here I offer your prayer meal. 



lu'lfa ya'ton-e 



ho'n a''wona-wi'lona 



ho"na'wan ya'to({a ta'tcu 



yam te'lacinakwi 



ye-'lana kwai"iEaka. 



ho'n a-'wona-e'latekatea'a 



li'} to"na ho' a"'wona-e'latelfa. 



Ea'pin ho"i 



to'wa Eo'han an ci"nan"e 



ha'la wo'tinan-e 



lo-"o 



o'nea'we 



liRo"na ho' a-'lea'upa 



yam a'nikwanan a'ka 



ha'lawo'tinan-e 



lo-"o 



o'nean i'leana 



lu'lfii ya'ton'e 



horn a-'tatcu 



hom a-'tsita 



hoi k3''wi te'coka tsa'na 



la,--lscma, 



hom to' ai'yetsaJfaEana-'wapa 



to"na'wan ci"nan a'ljii 



fo"na'wan £a"kwin a'lfa 



yam yir"yackwi te'atun'onalfa 



li-} to"na ho' ha'lawo-tinan a-'lea'u. 



