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��natatanida gago'gtrcdara hastu

that we them will go begging that succor anything

naticho - 'hida hastu na'pustuhaitu

that we will desire anything that it exists

hi'di navaricto'doG amai'nikdam

this which is green your petate on

piho' natpusoi'mama'c napimaring&'- where that we sad appear. That ye are my*

korak ti 'cam tan ha'gicdara

spirits we you beg pardon.

ku'pimi'tutha-gicda ti'cputo'maiamsa'kcit Then ye us will pardon. We continually to you weep

ha-'cnapuci'dudu na'pimpuaniho'.dadar

thus that hoards that ye hereabouts are seated

na'pimaringo.korak ci"arwot'ah6

that ye are my manes east beneath there

napimpusoi.mama'c ba'varip hir'rnip that ye sad appear north west

��O- gipa south.

��koha'pu.pwic.op' Then thus also

��ni'camtan I you beg

ha'gicdara ku'pimi'nma'kia lise~'nsia pardon that ye me will give permission

nanpuavwi'tunma'kia gana'mpuaniho'tukio' that I with them me will give they who hereabouts* reside

��ganavarictutuk that which is black

��cr'hi ofdak-.a'ba

beautiful hill in.

��kumia'mpiho'.cin'oi'da kuminma'kia

Then they not anywhere me will ignore. Then they* me will give

ha'ctunanpiho'.ata-nida ganiho

anything that I anywhere them will beg. That*

hereabouts

namputukik'io ganavarci'vgcrk' cr'hi that they dwell that which is seven beautiful

t6vakwop'ta piho'dor napimi'tpub6it'6k sky beneath where from that ye did hither*

us extend

��ganaVarumn6v that which is thy hand

��na'titpuha'bantuD'a that we did in it us seized

��natitpua'ta gagogircdara ku-

that we did begged that succor. Then*

��ha'pu.pwi'cop- ticamta-n ha'gicdara

thus also we you beg pardon

hiditakugumoko't' kuya'mha'ctu.iD-am.-

this fragment with, that not anything over us*

acumwa'da tia'mpiho'kdk'orda woe

itself will make we not anywhere will sicken. All

icxo'pitkamSkot pimi'pubo.iD'agiunida

cold with ye hither us will go cleansing

gana'varamu"umi.6k6't ganavaram-

they which are your ceremonial arrows with those* which are your*

ka'k'varik ganavaramcr'cvoD piho'dor chimales with those which are your plumes where* from

��konki\hap.i With which thus is;

kupiminka-'ok that ye me hear

konki \hap.f dios.-

��napuboi.hik'maD that it hither clouds up.

ni'cpuama't'ut I you cause to know

napimaring&korak

that ye are my manes. With which thus is. God*

pocamari 'dak- am you smallness.

NOTE

The surrounding hills or cerros are elements of the greatest importance in the religion of this region and the more important ones have their particular habitant spirits. These can grant wealth to mortals if properly ap- proached. The method displays a strange mixture of Christian and pagan philosophy but the prayer is purely aboriginal.

When one has determined to sell himself to the hills in return for fortune he first fasts seven days for Maria Santisima. At midnight on the seventh day he goes to the church carrying a lighted twenty-five cent candle and says this prayer to sever his con- nection with the church. Then he rests several days, bathes himself and then fasts forty days. At the end of this fast he goes to one of the principal hills carrying a jicara decorated with small beads (chaquira) and many larger beads for payment. There he says the prayer again and leaves the offering.

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