162 POETIC TEXTS. 



168; 51. Tlio paiut was put ou expressly for the dance and smeared across her 

 breast or anywliere on body; gun for ko nfl, go uii, vowel u iu verted. 



158; 54. Tliese S])oken words are also repeated by the choristers. The repetition 

 is very long and noisy and winds up in a howling. tuti;y61atko, after having ceased to 

 dream. This would inii)ly, that after dreams fasting must be observed as a religious 

 custom, k'l^kshashtala for the correct form k'lekApkashtala. This phrase occurs in 

 68, 8., and is explained in i\7b<e. 



158; 55. The meaning is rather obscure, probably owing to omissions. 



KitJksham SHUi'sH. 



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CONJURER'S INCANTATIONS. 



Obtained fkom Chief Johnsox and SuB-CHiEif Davk Hiix. 



1. Song of the disease: 



Na'pakshtka hinui nil; kaludshtat iiu 



By sickness I am prostrate; I am (now) up in tlio clear sky. 



2. Song of the woodpecker: 



K6shash k4-a nu piupiutdnna j.~.\-l - ~\j. ~\. 



I am picking hard at the bark of a pine tree. 



3'. Song of the tuktukuash-hawk: 



KuAta ml tchilikd nu _-i.|^-i|~--i|- 



I am i)inchiug hard. 



4. Song of the tvhite-headed eagle: 



Kaludshtat nu tchutchiia --!.|_j.j u^ 



I am croaking high up in the skies. 



5. Song of the weasel: 



Kail ash nu shufna a tii y4na --^|^^] '-\^ 



From under the* ground I am singing. 



6. Song of the mink: 



Atin tclieliiSvash gena ^ j.\~ -\ ~ -j. 



Ripples ;n ♦he vrater-sheet I am spreading far and wide. 



7. Song of the skunk: 



T(^-i, t(H kaidlza ^.|^-|-^^ 



With slioili'iiod steps I aiii claming. 



