460 THE MOUNTAIN CHANT. 
our songs will thenceforth be our child.” The above song, it is said, 
has some reference to this promise; but a fuller explanation, no doubt, 
remains to be discovered. 
223. SIXTH SONG OF THE HOLY YOUNG MEN. 


Ajena. | 
Altsacié igini odhe. | — Altsacié ¢igini odhe. 
1. Altsacié ¢igini, altsacié ¢igini, altsacié | 6. Altsacié ¢igini, altsacié cigini, altsacié 
¢igini obhe. ¢igimi obhe. 
2. Kag Tsilkée-¢igini, bakagié ¢igini, 7. Kag Teike-¢igini, bakagié ¢igini, 
3. Dsil ¢ilhyili eé, bakagié ¢igini, 8. Dsil goliji eé, bakagié ¢igini, 
4. Tsintsoi ¢ilhyili e bakagié ¢igini, 9. Tsintsoi coliji, bakagié ¢igini, 
5. Tsi¢a bialili, bija ye¢igingo, bakagié | 10. Tsidéa bialili, bija ye¢igingo, bakagié 
¢igini, odhé, cigini, odhe. 
224. Translation.— 1, 6. Altsacié, on each side; ¢igini, a holy one, a god. 2,7. Kag, 
now; tsilkeé, young man; teiké, young woman; bakagi, on the summit, on top 
of it. 3,8. Dsil, mountain; ¢ilhyil, dark, black; golij, blue. 4, 9. Tsintsoi, great 
stick, a notched stick used as a musical instrument in the dance, 5, 10. Tsi¢a bialili, 
truly his dance implement; bija ye¢igingo, his holy treasure, his talisman, his charm, 
his magic wand. 
225. Free translation. 
There’s a god on each side. | There’s a god on each side. 
Now the Holy Young Man Now the Holy Young Woman 
Is the god on top of the black mountain, | Is the god on top of the blue mountain, 
With his black notched stick, | With her blue notehed stick, 
The implement of his dance, his magic ~The implement of her dance, her magic 
wand. | wand. 
226. This song is said to refer to that part of the myth where it is 
related that the prophet, flying from the Ute, climbed a hill which was 
transformed into a mountain. (Paragraph 38.) Each mountain was 
supposed to have a holy one on it, who could, by means of his notched 
stick, produce the metamorphosis. The mountains were not necessarily 
colored black and blue, but are thus described to indicate that they lay 
north and south of the prophet’s path. (Paragraph 171.) 
227. TWELFTH SONG OF THE HOLY YOUNG MEN. 
Eai 
al 
1 
E 
Ea 
éa qala éla yainahe, odhe. 
sa qala éla yainood yaaa yooo [three times], 
a gala éla yaina, qala éla qaindhe obhe. 
Yow 
1. Dsil ilhyili inloood yaaa yooo, 4. Dsil eoliji inl6006 yaaa yooo, 
2. Tsintsoi ¢illyili inloood yaaa yecé. | 5, Tsintsoi goliji inloood yaaa yeed, 
3. Ci cigélgo yaina, | 6. Ci cigélgo yaina, 
Qala éla qainahe odhe. | Qala éla qainahe odhe. 
228. Translation.—1, 4. Dsil, mountain; ¢ilhyil, black; ¢olij, blue. 2,5. Tsintsd, a 
notched stick used in ceremonies to make music; inlo (inla‘), they lie there (two long 
hard things lie). 3, 6. Cigeél, my ultimatum, my desideratum (said of the peculiar 
sacrifice which belongs to each god), something I (the god) will have and accept 
nothing in place of it, my special sacrifice. 
