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��bo-c ci'kcrrhSvan hogacto'nkam

all vicinity there that heat.

ku'pigama.iwa'hida hoga ictonkam

Then thou wilt go repulsing that heat

natpoio'am.hago'i go'ko ni'puMta'n

that it did us over already fall. Therefore I thee* beg

ha - 'gicdara pia'Mbi'ak'a napsoi'umo'riD'a pardon. Thou not wilt need that thou sad thy- self wilt feel.

apica'p' tumda'gia ganamaritg&korak

Thou in them thyself wilt seize they that are our

manes

amoh8d6r namitpoihikmat

there from that they did cloud up

namitpoboiwop-go. hoga na'vargo'.-

that they did hither lighten that that is great*

to'vakwo't'a navarci'aT amoho'van

sky beneath. That is east there from

natpova'nio ha'va natpobia'ho'k

that did already speak and that he did hither* already reply

ba''baripkam natpowa'nio havaho'rnip North. That he did already speak and west

natpo'vahok hoga hu'huktuv'D

that did already reply that Pine-Man

na'tpu.boa-'hok ha'pu natpova'p-nio that did hither already reply. Thus that did al- ready again speak

natpobo.a-'hok ho'ga' o'gipa anihovan that did hither already reply that south. There

tunra"aGdimuk cikorhovan hi'di

hence already gone conversing vicinity there this

ho'koo namitpova'nio ci'vgo'k"

with that they did already speak, seven

to'tvacdam natpuvak'U'gat skies on that did already arrive.

TRANSLATION

Hail! thou who art my Father. Pardon me these few words; forgive me them. For I am vile and therefore do I obstruct myself. Therefore do I beg thy forgiveness. Look not askance; thou must be possessed of our spirits who have gone before.

��And ye who are ye, do not feel sad. Ye will reach unto me your hand that I may be held in it and arise with gladness. With your arrows will ye cast aside the heat; with your chimales will ye shield us from it, round about.

Thou wilt repel the heat that has fallen upon us. Therefore do I beg thy forgiveness. Be not sad. Thou must be gathered unto them who are our spirits who from afar send the clouds and the lightnings beneath the great heaven.

From the east he spoke and He of the North replied. He spoke and the West replied, replied the Pine-Man. Again he spoke and the South replied. And so did each in turn repeat the word they had spoken till it came unto the seven heavens.

��6. TO CONCLUDE THE FIESTA OF THE ELOTES

adiu's naparin.Q-'c naparinci'u'k

To God that thou art my Lord, that thou*

art my Morning Star,

insu - 'sbidat ati'cpubohimoD puctuga"i'M my Guide. We hither came desirous of roasting

hi'dimn6i"karda - m boc na'tpuin.da"rim this thy patio on all that we here are sitting

navarumnoi"kardam pihovan na'-

that is thy patio on where that*

pitpuda'iwak' sa'sa'kic navarumo-'k

thou didst, having sat down weep for him who is= thy Lord,

naVarumda-'t ci"arwo't'aho' napu-

who is thy Lady, east beneath there that*

a-'rgidic pixo' napuka't' ganavarumhavu l is created, where that is hung that which is* thy jicara 1

boc umu"umih6k'6't umka'kvarhoku'D all thy ceremonial arrows with thy chimales with

1 A cup or bowl made from a gourd and generally decorated with beads impressed in wax.

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