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458 THE MOUNTAIN CHANT. 
206. Translation.—1, 6. Kac, now; tsilke, young man; tciké, young woman; ¢igini, 
holy one, god or goddess. 2. Ca‘bitlol, sunbeam, sunbeams; ye, with. 3, 8. Tsig¢a, 
verily; bialili (paragraph 3), his dance or sacred implement. 4, 9. Bija, his special 
property, his treasure; ye¢igingo, that by means of which he is ¢igin, i.e., holy or 
supernatural. 5, 10. Binagola, it is encircled. 7. Natsilig, the rainbow. 
207. Free translation. 
Now the Holy Young Man, | ~ Now the Holy Young Woman, 
With the sunbeam, | With the rainbow, 
Verily his own sacred implement, | Verily her own sacred implement, 
His treasure which makes him holy, | Her treasure which makes her holy, 
Is encircled. | Is encircled. 
208. Which is to say that the great plumed arrows which they bear 
are adorned with sunbeams and rainbows. They ‘shine in glory.” (See 
references in paragraph 204.) 
209. TWELFTH SONG OF THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP. 
1. Nayundni tceénia, 
2. Kag bigeiltsos teenia, 
3. Biqolgégo, teénia. 
4, Nayundni teenia, 
| 5. Kae bigenackdji teenia, 
| 6. Bigoleego, teenia. 
210. Translation.—1, 4. Nayundni, again on the other side, i. e., across two valleys. 
2. Bice, his horns; iltsos, slender; bigéiltsos, slender horns, i.e., the deer, by meton- 
omy. 3, 6. Biqolgégo, it is becoming to him. 5. Bigé, his horns; nackoj, turgid, 
filled out, stuffed; bicénackoji, turgid horns —metonymically, the mountain sheep, Ovis 
montana. The refrain, teénia, he appears, he comes in sight. 
911. Free translation. 
Far beyond he appears; | Far beyond he appears; 
Now ‘‘Slender Horn” appears. | Now ‘‘Turgid Horn” appears. 
His antlers are becoming. He appears. His horns are becoming. He appears. 
212. This song, it is said, refers to the time when the prophet saw 
the vision of the black sheep on the rock. (Paragraph 35.) The reason 
for introducing the deer into the song is not obvious. 
213. FIRST SONG OF THE THUNDER, 
1. Cona! Cona! A‘aiyehe obhe [repeat], 7. Cona! Cona! A‘atyéhe obhé [repeat], 
2. Yieakos ani‘; | 8. Ynyakod ani‘; 
3. [dnitdjié ani‘; | 9. Anilgani ani‘; 
4. Kos ¢ilhyil biyi‘dje, 10, Niinise bi¢qako, 
5. Nabizae¢ qolégo, | 11. Nabizag qolégo, 
6. Gona! Cona! A‘aiyéhe obhe. 12. Cona! Cona! A‘aiyéhe obhé. 
214. Translation.—1, 6, 7, 12. Gouna, an imitation of the thunder, not a word. 
2, 8. Yucako, above; yuyako, below; ani‘, any sound, the sound of the voice. 3. I‘¢- 
ni‘dji, pertaining to the thunder. 4. Kos, cloud; ¢illyil, black, dark ; biyi‘dje, within, 
or toward witbin it. 5,11. NAbiza¢ qolégo, again and again sounds his moving voice. 
9, Anileani, a general name for large meadow grasshoppers.—10. Nanise, plants in 
general; bigqdako, in among them. 
