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 DfDa'nuGo'str uGQ-'wutli' | fna'Do° k*ayi;*'Ga Go°'*ti 



to scratch them (indef.) for the purpose snake tooth to use 



k*u yvlaW jvlafli- yvlafU' yi;*a''f 

 Come onl 



yvlaflt jvlaflr yvlafU' yvlafW 

 Ttv: Bv: T>v: dv: du: 



(Onom.) 



5 SGe'* GalQ-'ldi Di'tsune-'tkno^'H | k'o-'la tsune-'Go" De''ats= 



Now then above thou hast apportioned them bone (s) thou white thou hast 



o'5°'t'a'nt*Ga' I tsuye-'l^-yi ^^ gcsq-' De''ust'a'nt-Ga' i;tst''° 



como to let them the body Loc. it is, T. L. thou hast come to stick beyond it 



down them (1.) in it 



nawa' tSf-'Do^no'^'H | 



stretched they have been said 



a'ntskii'ya ant'oaOe'" ant'lo!i' | i;1isG6''do" a'ntsula'ndo't'a^- 



they men they red they have passed it important they have como to lift 



nt'Ga' I a'ntskd'ya ant'GaGe*'" ant'bJi' | u-lisGe*'Do° 



it up as they men they red they have passed it important 



they go by 



10 ant'sula'ndo't'a^nfGa' | 'ya* 



they have como to lift it up as sharply 



they go by 



(This is) for the Purpose of Scratching People, Using the 

 Snake Tooth with it 



FREE TRANSLATION 



Come on! Ytihahi (4 times). 

 Yuhahi (4 times). 

 du: du: du: du: du. 



Now then! On high, thou hast apportioned them. Thou hast 

 come to let the white bones down. Where the body is. thou hast 

 come to stick them ^° into. Rehefs have been caused. 



The Red Men have passed. 



They have come to lift the important thing up as they go by. 



The Red Men have passed. 



They have come to lift the important thing up as they go by. Sharply I 



explanation 



This formula is for the same purpose as No, 25, with the same 

 ceremony and apphcation. It has as a third part the song referred 

 to on page 231. 



The "Red Men" mentioned may be the Thunderers. 



[The peculiar form: amsulando't'anfca is only used in songs, 

 and has a syllable infixed without any apparent semantic value 



^^ Emendation by editor, instead of s«'l9*yi (no meaning). 

 *"• The white bones, the rattlesnake's teeth. 



