243. LAST SONG OF THE EXPLODING STICK.

Hiè ieeè na[-a][-i]à [-a][-i]à i a ai a[n] a[n] [twice] ie.

1. Tcikè-cac-nátlehië ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya [-a][-i]è.

2. Dsil aga ¢azàgië ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya [-a][-i]è.

3. Tsí¢a ci cigèliye ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya [-a][-i]è.

4. Yàne ¢oölànegoö ¢isitsaàye.

Hiè ieeè na[-a][-i]à, etc.

5. Kaç Tcikè-¢igìni ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya [-a][-i]è.

6. Kos aga ¢azàgië ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya [-a][-i]è.

7. Tsí¢a ci cigèliye ¢igìni qayikàlgo; bàniya [-a][-i]è.

8. Yàne ¢oölànegoö ¢isitsaàye.

Hiè ieeè na[-a][-i]à, etc.

244. _Translation._--1, 5. Tcikè-cac-nátlehi, Young Woman Who Becomes a

Bear; Tcikè- ¢igìni, Holy Young Woman, or young woman goddess; ¢igìni

qayikàl, she journeyed seeking the gods; bàniya, she found them, she met

them. 2, 6. Dsil, mountains; kos, clouds; aga, peak, summit; ¢azà`, many

pointing upwards; (dsil aga ¢azàgi, on many mountain peaks). 3, 7.

Tsí¢a, truly or true; cigèl, my desideratum, my special sacrifice. 4, 8.

[¢]oölàne = ¢oölà¢a, some one does not believe it; ¢isitsà, I have

heard; yàne and other vocables are meaningless.

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