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��ati'cupta'nim ho'ga

we also begging that

itciu'k ci'a'rw&ta

our Morning Star, east

��kuha'pu.6 - p Then thus also

navarica''m

which is yellow beneath

na'pu6idac kuipuboito'k'da ganavarno'vit that belongs. Then hither us will reach that

which is his hand

para na'tpuhabantuD'agimoo

in order that we in it us having seized

xu'viamha'ctuD'am.a'cumwa'da txvc

then not anything over us any itself will do all

gacko'k'dakam pixftvan ati v ct6.nimor.- that sickness where we suddenly*

putuhan g6k - 6 ti'puta'n ha'gicdara meddle. Therefore we beg pardon

para naga - 'gurha.noniD'a gact6nkam in order that he aside will cause to fly that heat

para na'miampih6'tutk6kdatuda ganamar.- in order that they not anywhere us will sicken they who are-

su'di.6r.6ik'am na'mpumtfituk'

water in chants that they are called

nampuaniho.dadar namputunirnkat

that they hereabouts are seated that they guard

gi"g'ior nampumto'tok ku.ha'p.i

rainbows that they are called. Then thus is.

nicpuanvatut na'pimaring6'korak'

I you cause to know that ye are my manes.

adius.u'm naparinsu'ssidat inci'u'k

To God, that thou art my Protector, my Morning' Star.

avi'puboint6kdida ganavarno'vit

He hither me will come reaching that which is his> hand.

kuyampihS.indam.a'ctu.acumwa'da konki- Then not anywhere over me anything itself will' do. With which-

ha'p.i nicputo'mai.umtan ha'gicdara thus is. I continually thee beg pardon

na'parino-'G fco'nJh'ha'p.matoG dio's

that thou art my Father. With which thus know. God

pocumbi'ak'a thee will sympathize.

��NOTE

The chanes are malevolent water-serpents which inhabit the springs and streams. They are horned and of many colors. They always travel in pairs, male and female, and love to stretch themselves through the clouds in rainy weather, head in one spring and tail in another, visiting. In this form they appear as rainbows. They are called the "winds of the water."

The chanes are vicious and will sting those who have not placated them. For this reason a native will never put his mouth to a spring while drinking; the water is dashed into the mouth with the hand. When thus bitten, malaria, fever, headache and many other ills result.

When a man decides to build a house and make his home on a new site it is necessary for him to placate the chanes of the spring whence he draws his water supply. To this end he prepares a jicara decorated with transparent small glass beads (water beads) and fills it with a gruel of pinole and water. This is scattered to the four winds at the spring while the following prayer is recited. The jicara is then left there as an offering.

TRANSLATION

Hail! ye who are called Chanes, who are seated hereabouts in the waters, guarding the cloud of the spirits of those who have gone before and are seated round about us. We come to beg forgiveness. Know ye that it is so. Ye must not ignore me nor my family who walk about here. Sadly do they appear beneath your crystal carpet where ye are seated. Thus do I give you to know, for already have I begun to walk about here and to meddle with your lucid carpet. So be it! I have come hither to offer you these beads that ye may not sicken me nor my children who wander here among your limpid lakes.

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