There lie the black mountains;
There lie the black sticks;
There lie my sacrifices.
There lie the blue mountains;
There lie the blue sticks;
There lie my sacrifices.
230. This is supposed to be a part of the instructions which the Holy
Young Men and Holy Young Women gave to the prophet. The tsintso is made
of cherry, which grows only on high mountains in the Navajo country. The
sticks are painted black and blue. (See paragraph 171.) The song alludes
to all these facts.