MATTHEWS. ] SONGS OF SEQUENCE. 461 
229. Free translation. 
There lie the black mountains; There lie the blue mountains; 
There lie the black sticks ; There lie the blue sticks ; 
There lie my sacrifices. There lie my sacrifices. 
230. This is supposed to be a part of the instructions which the Holy 
Young Men and Holy Young Women gave to the prophet. The tsintso 
is made of cherry, which grows only on high mountains in the Navajo 
country. The sticks are painted black and blue. (See paragraph 
171.) The song alludes to all these facts. 
231. EIGHTH SONG OF THE YOUNG WOMEN WHO BECOME BEARS. 
Co¢igini(a oyahe obhe, Cotigini¢a oyahe, obhe, 
Cotigini¢a oya oya ooyaya Co¢igini¢a oya oya ooyaya, 
Haiyaya haiyaya haiyahe, odhe. | Haiyaya haiyaya haiyahe, obhe. 
1, Kag Tsilké-¢iginié go¢iginga haiyahe, | 4. Kag Teciké-¢iginié cotiginga haiyahe, 
obhe, obhe, 
2. Bitsintsdié ié go¢iginéa haiyAhe obhe, | 5. Bitsintsdié ié co¢igin¢ga haiyahe obhé, 
3. Tsi¢a bialilié bija-ye¢giginié, oya oya, 6. Tsi¢a bialilié bija-ye¢iginié, oyA oya, 
oyaya, oyaya, 
Haiyaya haiyaya haiyahe, odhe. | Haiyaya haiyaya haiyahe, odhé. 
232. Translation.— Co¢igini¢a, gocigin¢a, he is not a god; it is not holy; it is not 
divine. 1, 4. Kag, now; tsilké, young man; tcike, young woman; ¢igini, holy, su- 
pernatural. 2, 4. Bitsintsdi, his great notched stick. 3, 6. Tsi¢a, verily; bialili, his 
implement of the dance or rite; bija-ye¢igini, his treasure which makes holy; his 
mInagic wand, 
233. Free translation. 
The Holy Young Man is not divine; | The Holy Young Woman is not divine; 
His great notched stick is not holy ; | Her great notched stick is not holy; 
His magie wand is not holy. Her magic wand is not holy. 
254, This is supposed to refer to an altercation between these two 
gods, in which they tried to belittle each other. 
235. I have another song of this series, in which the idea is conveyed 
that their powers depend on their magie wands or notched sticks. 
236. ONE OF THE AWL SONGS. 
Owe owe owe yani yai owa" na a [repeat three times], 
Owe owe ini dhe odhe, 
1. ‘Ke-cac-natlehi nateagahi, | 5. Teike-¢igini nateagahi, 
2. Kag dsil ¢ilhyili bakagi natcagahi, 6. Dsil ¢oliji bakagi nateagahi, 
3. Kag ni‘ inzag ingi goholni¢a ona, 7. Kag ni‘ inzag ingi, goholni¢a dna, 
4. Kae ni‘ inza¢ ingi gonid¢a ona. | 8. Kag ni‘ inzae in¢i, gonid¢a ona. 
237. Translation.—1. Ke, an abbreviation of teiké; Tciké-cac-natléhi, maiden who 
becomes a bear; natcaga‘, she travels far, she walks or wanders far around. 2, Kag, 
now; dsil ¢ilhyil, black mountain; bakagi, on top of. 3, 4, 7, 8. Ni‘, earth, land; 
inza¢, distant; ing¢i, it lies, it stretches; goholnita, seems not to be; conid¢a, not ob- 
scure or dim like a faint distance. 6. Dsil ¢oliji bakagi, on top of the blue mount- 
ains. 
