42 .ZUNI FETICHES. 



liis breast, and kneels or squats on the ground while uttering the ac- 

 companying prayer : 



Si! Lii-k'ia yat-ton-n6, horn a-ta-tchti K'ia-pin-d-ha-i l^-we ina-kwe 



Si! This day, my Fatliera, Animal Beings, (all) (by) enemies 



thus 

 much 



p6-ti-tap-t6 horn ton t6-hi-ana-w6. Ethl tel-ikwen-te thlothl tchua 



filled through me ye precious render Not that {in any) way soever whom (of the) 



(all do). unexpected 



i-na-kwe horn kwa'hothl a-k'i4 atsu-ma-na-wam-i-k'ia na. Ln-k'ia yat- 



enemy my whatsoever with daring (existence) (pi.) shall. This day 



ton-n^ bom to le'-na 



to me ye thus 



[At this point, while still continuing the prayer, he scratches or cuts 

 in the earth or sands with the edge of the arrow-point, which is lashed 

 to the back or feet of the fetich, a line about five or six inches in length]. 



ai'-yal-lana-w4. Ethl thlothl-tchu-4 i-na-kwe i-pi-kwai-nam-tun a-k'i^ 



shelter (pi.) shall give. Not that whomsoever (of the) enemy pass themselves through to he&ce 

 shield 



horn ton al-yal-la-na-wd. [Here he scratches a second line.] Hak-ti- 



to me ye shelter shield (pi.) Tail-long 



shall (give), 



tii'sh-a-nA, [scratches a third line.J A-tchi-a-la'-to-p4, [scratches a fourth 



(Mountain Lion), Knife-feathered, 



line] horn ton i-ke-i-nan ai-yal-la-na-w4. 



my ye heart shelter shield (pL) 



BhaU give. 



[These lines, although made immediately in front of the speaker, re- 

 late to the four points of the comjjass, the other two regions not being 

 taken into account, since it is impossible for the enemy to bring harm 

 from either above or below the plane on which the subject moves. It 

 may be well to add, also, that four (the number of the true fingers) is 

 the sacred numeral of the Zuiiis, as with most all Indian tribes and 

 many other lower races.] 



FKEB TKANSLATION. 



Si! This day, my fathers, ye animal gods, although this country be 

 filled with enemies, render me precious. That my existence may not be 

 in any way so ever unexpectedly dared by the enemy, thus, O ! shelter 

 give ye to me (from them). (In order) that none of the enemy may 

 pass through (this line) hence, O ! shelter give ye to me (from them). 

 Long Tail [Mountain Lion], Knife-feathered [God of the Knife Wings], 

 O! give ye shelter of my heart from them. 



On the conclusion of this prayer the fetich is breathed upon and re- 

 placed, or sometimes withheld until after the completion of the war- 

 song and other chants in which the three gods mentioned above are, 

 with others, named and exhorted, thereby, in the native belief, render- 

 ing protection doubly certain. I am of course thoroughly familiar with 



