239. FIRST SONG OF THE EXPLODING STICK.

Aïena.

Aïeyà [-a][-i]a aïeya iè eè ieèe [three times] ië la[n].

1. `Ke-cac-nátlèhi dsilyi` ¢i¢ílko[n] ië na[n],

2. Dsilyi` ¢olkòlko[n]; dsil beko[n]nìçe ië na[n],

Ië na[n] yahà h[-a][-i]à ië na[n] aï.

3. Çabasçìni ço`yi` ¢i¢ílko[n] ië na[n],

4. Ço`yi ¢olkòlko[n]; ço`beko[n]nìçe ië na[n],

Ië na[n] yahà h[-a][-i]à ië na[n] aï.

240. _Translation._--1, 3. `Ke-cac-natlèhi = Tcikè-cac-nátlehi, Young

Woman Who Becomes a Bear; Çabasçin, the Otter; ¢i¢ílko[n], he or she

set on fire in many places. 2, 4. Dsil, mountains; dsilyi`, in the

mountains; ço`, water, waters; ço`yi`, in the waters; ¢olkolko[n], he

set on fire as he went along; beko[n]nìçe, its fires in a line, its

string of fires.