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el le-te k'ia; torn litbl ha, haMo-wa-ti-nan thle-a-u torn an t6ap-k'o nan 



ovfitakcn (have); unto here I good fortune (adjdress thy own wherewith (thoTi 



thee hast heiug) 



ii'nti-sliem-^n a-k'i4 yam 4-wi-te-lin tsi-td, ha lithl t6-u-su a-k'id 



wishing for hence, to my all earth mother I here (with prayer) hence, 



(-from), prayer 



one yiithl kwai-k'ia-na. 



trail over go out shall. 



L6-we u-lokh nan thla-n.i, torn te-ap-k'o-uiin sho-hita torn pi nan 



Thus much (of the) great thy wherewith (thou (the) deer thy wind 



world hast being) breath (of 



life) 



ak'ia a-u-la-sho. Awen shi-nau, awen k'idh-kwin hothl 4n-ti-shem4n 



by encircle about Their flesh their Life fluid soever wanting 



henco wander around. (blood) 



ak'ia le-hok te-n-su a k'iA ha one yathl kwai k'ia-n^. 



hence yonder prayer hence I trail over go out (shall). 

 (irom me) with 



Kwa-f-no-ti-nam hothl yam teap-k'o-u4n a-k'itl liom ta ke-tsa-ti- 



■Without fail (unfailingly) where- thy wherewith (thou hence (by) tome thoa happy 

 soever for mo hast being) 



k'ia-iKi. Horn ta t(5-k'o-hant'i an-ik tchi-a-tu. 



(make, do). Unto me thou (the) light meet with (do). 



FKEE TRANSLATION. 



Why (of course) — 



This day, my father (or, my mother), here I, (as if) unexpectedly, 

 meet thee with whatsoever I have made ready of the sacred things of 

 my fathers, the priest gods of the sacred dances, the priest gods of the 

 Prey ( beings ). These sacred things bringing I have here overtaken 

 thee, and with their good fortune I here address thee. Wishing for 

 that whereby thou hast being, I shall go forth from here prayerfully 

 upon the trails of my earth-mother. 



Throughout the whole of this great country, they whereby thou hast 

 being, the deer, by the command of thy wind of life (breath), wander 

 about. It is wishing for their flesh and blood that I shall go forth yon- 

 der prayerfully out over the trails. 



Let it be without fail that thou shall make me happy with that 

 whereby thou hast being. Grant unto me the light of thy favor. 



Then scattering forth the prayer-meal in the direction he proposes to 

 take on the hunt, he chooses from the vessel the fetich, and pressing it 

 to or toward his lips breaths from it and exclaims: 



Ha! 6-lahkwi'j, hom ta-tchii (horn tsi-tii), lu-k'ia yat-ton-n6 o-n6 



Ahl Thanks, my father, (my mother), this day trail* 



yiithl eh-kw6 ta-pan ha t6-u-su a-k'ia, one yiithl kwai-k'ia-n4. 



over ahead taking I prayer with trails over go out shall. 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



Ah! Thanks, my father (or, my mother), this day I shall follow (thee) 

 forth over the trails. Prayerfully over the trails I shall go out. 



Should a party be going to the hunt together, all repair to the House 

 of the Deer Medicine, repeating, one by one, the above prayers and 

 ceremonial as the fetiches are drawn. 



The fetich is then placed in a little crescent-shaped bag of buckskin 



