213. FIRST SONG OF THE THUNDER.

1. Çòna! Çòna! A`[-a][-i]yèhe oöhè [repeat],

2. Yùçakoö ani`;

3. I`¢ni`djië ani`;

4. Kos ¢ilhyíl biyì`dje,

5. Nabizàç qolègo,

6. Çòna! Çòna! A`[-a][-i]yèhe oöhè

7. Çòna! Çòna! A`[-a][-i]yèhe oöhè [repeat],

8. Yùyakoö ani`;

9. Anilçàni ani`;

10. Nánise bicqàko,

11. Nabizaç qolègo,

12. Çòna! Çòna! A`[-a][-i]yèhe oöhè.

214. _Translation._--1, 6, 7, 12. Çòna, an imitation of the thunder, not

a word. 2, 8. Yùçako, above; yùyako, below; ani`, any sound, the sound

of the voice. 3. I`¢ni`dji pertaining to the thunder. 4. Kos, cloud;

¢ilhyíl, black, dark; biyì`dje, within, or toward within it. 5, 11.

Nabizaç qolègo, again and again sounds his moving voice. 9. Anilçàni,

a general name for large meadow grasshoppers. 10. Nánise, plants in

general; biçqàko, in among them.