38 ZUNI FETICHES. 



breathe he digs a grave, as it were, and deposits therein, with prayer- 

 meal, this strange mixture, meanwhile saying the following prayer: 



Si! Lu-k'ia yiit-tonn^, k'ia-pin-ha-i, to-pin-ta yat-ton-n6 to-pin-ta 



Si ! This day game being, one day, one 



raw 



teh-thli-nan6, 16- we tom o-n6 yiithl u-lap-na-k'ia tap-t6 lu-k'ia yat-ton-n6 



uigbt, Ihua much tliy trail over circled about though this day 



(even) 



te-kwin-t^ te-a-ti-pd, tom lithl ha an-ah-u'-t.hla-k'i4. Tom lithl haha'1-lo- 



(as if) unux- was it thou here I upward pulling To thee here, I good 



pectedly embraced. 



a-tinan thle-a-ii. Tom lithl ha 6-ne an thle-a-u. Tom lithl ha tbla 



fortune address To thee here I corn pollen address. To thee here I treas- 



the yellow ure 



thle-a-u. Yam an-i-kwana-k'i4 hii'l-lo-wa-ti-nan, 6-ne-an, thla i-thle-a-u- 



address. By thy knowledge-hence good fortune, the yellow, treas- (thyself) shall 



ure, 



n4 ta thli-mon ha-i i-ya-k'ia-nan bom an t6 u-su^p^-nan ak'ia t& 



dress thou now beiog making shall be my own prayer-speech hence thou 



(thyself) with, 



ya'-shu-a i-tii loh k'ia-n4. K'ia-pin-d-ha-i A-te-kwi ak'id. Kwa bom 



conversing come and go (shall). Game beings relative to with. Not mine 



raw animals in the di- 

 rection of 



i'-noti-nam tun a-k'i4 torn lithl ha hii'l-lo-wa-ti-nan, 6-ne-an, tbla, 4 thle- 



fail to hence, to thee here I good fortune, the yellow, treas- (have) all 



ure 



a-k'i4. Horn ta t6-k'o-ha-na an'-ik-tchi-a-nap-tu. 0-n6 yiithl k'ok-shi 



addressed. To me thou light grant (meet) do. Trail over good 



horn ta tch4w' il-lil'p 6-na y4k'ia-nap-tu. 



to mo thou children together with, finish, do. 



trail 



FREE TRANSLATION. 



Si ! This day, game animal, even though, for a day and a night, thy 

 trail above (the earth) circled about — this day it has come to pass that 

 I have embraced thee upward ( from it ). To thee here I address good 

 fortune. To thee here I address the (sacred) pollen. To thee here I ad- 

 dress treasure. By thy (magic) knowledge dressiug thyself with this 

 good fortuue, with this yellow, with this treasure, do thou, in becoming 

 a new being, converse with (or, of) my prayer as you wander to and fro. 



That I may become unfailing toward the Game animals all, I have 

 here addressed unto thee good fortune, the yellow and treasure. 



Grant unto me the light of thy favor. 



Grant unto me a good (journey) over the trail of life, and, together 

 with children, make the road of my existence, do. 



During the performance of these ceremonials the fetich is usually 

 placed in a convenient spot to dry, and at their conclusion, with a bless- 

 ing, it is replaced in the pouch. The hunter either seeks further for 

 game, or, making a pack of his game in its own skin by tying the legs 

 together and crossing them over his forehead like a burden strap, re- 

 turns home and deposits it either at the door or just within. The wo- 

 men then come, and, breathing from the nostrils, take the dead animal 

 to the center of the room, where, placing its head toward the East, they 

 lay on either side of its body next to the heart an ear of corn (signifi- 



