7 = 
MATTHEWS. } 
OTHER SONGS OF DSILYIDJE QACAL. 405 
slightly different versions of it, probably suitable for different occasions. 
The form given above is recited, under ordinary circumstances, when 
the patient is a woman. 
261. PRAYER TO DSILYI‘ NEYANI. 

1. Dsilyi‘ Neyani! 11. Ciné caa¢ilil, 
2. Dsil banaga! 12. Qojogo qa¢alge aci¢ilil, 
3. Tsilke ! 13. Citsidje qojolel. 
4. Nagani! 14. Ciké¢e qojolel. 
5. Nigél icla‘. 15. Ciza¢ qaqojolel. 
6. Na¢é hila‘. 16. Qojoni qaslé, 
7. Cike eaii¢ilil. 17. Qojoni gasle, 
8. Citeag caii¢ilil. 18. Qojoni qaslé, 
9. Citsés caii¢ilil. 19. Qojoni qasle. 
10. Cini‘ caidilil, 
262. Translation.—1. The name of the prophet. 2. Dsil, mountains, banaga, chief 
(or master) for them. 3. Tsilké, young man. 4. Nagani, chieftain. 5. Nigel, your 
peculiar sacrifice, i. e., the kegan; icla‘, I have made. 6. Na¢e, a smoke, i. e., the 
cigarettes (paragraph 87), for you; hila‘,is made. 7,8,9,10,11. Ciké, my feet; citcac, 
my lower extremities; citsés, my body; cini‘, my mind; cine, my voice; caii¢ilil, for 
me restore (as it was before) thou wilt. 12. Qojogo, in a beautiful manner; qadalge, 
repaired, mended; aci¢ilil, restore me thou wilt. 13, 14. Citsidje, in the direction 
before me; ciké¢e, from behind me; qojolel, wilt thou terrestrially beautify. 15. Cizac, 
my words; gaqgojolel, wilt thou personally beautify. 16, 17, 18,19. Qojoni, in earthly 
beauty ; qaslé, it is made, it is done. : 
263. In other prayers, closely resembling this in form, the shaman 
adds: ‘“ Beautify all that is above me. Beautify all that is below me. 
Beautify all things around me.” 
264. The division into verses is that of the chanter. Ue pronounces 
the name in the first line; the patient repeats it after him. Then he 
gives out the words in the second line, and so on. For free translation, 
see paragraph 88, 
265. SONG OF THE RISING SUN DANCE. 
Oduiyaye, odniyaye obniyahe Oduiyaye, ete. 
yale yahe heyiyoe [twice]. 
Holy Young Man. 
swallowed slowly or continuously. 
6. Tcihanoai, the sun. 
9. Tciké-igini, Holy Young Woman. 
13. Klehanoai, the moon. 
it sets. 
plumed cliff rose, i. e., cliff rose arrow. 
. Akos nisinle. 
Yahe, yahe eia ai. 
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1. Qanaigaece 8. Inaigdc¢e 
2. Tsilke-cigini 9. Teike-vigini 
3. Kidtso-yiscani 10. Awétsal-yiseani 
4. Yiyolnakoe 11. Yiyolnakoe 
5. Qano qukosko. 12. Qana qokosko, 
6. Tcihanoaie 13. Klehanoaie 
‘ 
. Akos nisinle. 
Yihe, yaéhe eia ai. 
266. Translation.—1. Qanaigdcye, from where it (the sun) rises. 2. Tsilke-¢igini, 
3. Katso-yisgani, the great plumed arrow. 4, 11, Yiyolna‘, he 
5, 12. Qano qakosko, it comes out by degrees. 
7, 14. Akos nisin, he is satisfied. 8. Inai¢de¢e, from where 
10. Awétsal-yiscini, prepared or 
