269. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO THE AKÁNINILI.

1. Çi` betcána nilì[n]lel.

2. Çi` ¢a`naniltyèl¢o.

3. Çi` beniqo¢ílsinlel. Aïbinìgi nizè ¢ela`.

4. [¢]a`yiltsísgo, ¢a`bokògo tse`na akàn hyis¢inìle.

5. Tsi[n] etlol akàn bàçhyis hyis¢inìle; ako bàçhyis hyis¢ilçále.

6. Tse` elkàgi akàn hyis¢inìle.

7. Akoï kátso-yisçàn; aïbinigi djoçile, qoi¢igín¢e behoèqoi¢ilsin.

270. _Translation._--1. Çi`, this; betcána, a thing to rise with (as you

progress); nilì[n]lel, will make for you. 2. Çi`, this; ¢a`naniltyèl¢o,

will carry you along anywhere. 3. Beniqo¢ílsinlel, by means of it people

will know you; aïbinìgi, for this reason, or purpose; nizè, your neck;

¢ela`, it hangs (once) around. 4. [¢]a`yiltsísgo, at any little valley

(yiltsis, a little valley); ¢a`bokògo, at any gully or arroyo (boko`,

arroyo); tse`na, across; akàn, meal; hyis¢inìle, he sprinkles always

across. 5. Tsi[n] etlol, the root of a tree; akàn, meal; bàçhyis, across

it; hyis¢inìle, he sprinkles across; ako, then; hyis¢ilçále, he steps

across. 6. Tse` elkàgi, on flat rocks; akàn, meal; hyis¢inìle, he

sprinkles across. 7. Akoï, then, next; kátso-yisçàn, the great prepared

arrow--so says the chanter, but he really refers to the in¢ia`, or

çobolçà, the plumed wand which akáninili carries; aïbinigi, for this

purpose; djoçile, he carries it (in the hand); qoi¢igín¢e, from a holy

place (¢igin, holy); behoèqoi¢ilsin, by means of it people know him.