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Titre : Annual report of the Bureau of American ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian institution
Auteur : Bureau of American ethnology (Washington, D.C.)
Éditeur : Government printing office (Washington)
Date d'édition : 1895-1964
Contributeur : Powell, John Wesley (1834-1902). Directeur de publication
Type : texte,publication en série imprimée
Langue : Anglais
Format : application/pdf
Identifiant : ark:/12148/cb37575968z/date
Identifiant : ISSN 0097269X
Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France
Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37575968z
Description : Périodicité : Annuel
Description : Etat de collection : n. 1 (1879)-n. 48 (1931)
Provenance : bnf.fr
Date de mise en ligne : 12/01/2009
1929 (N47)-1930. Note : Index.
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BUNZEL]
PRAYERS OF THE WAR CULT
PRAYERS BEFORE GOING ON A WAR PARTY
Before going on tbe warpath the bow priests are summoned to their
ceremonial house. The chief bow priest addresses them:
Now this many days
Because of the thoughts of the enemy
Our thoughts have been troubled;
5 Our appetite has failed.
This very day
That by whieh they live,
Turquoise,4
To my fathers I have offered
At ail their abiding places.
11 Yonder into the enemy's country
We shall take the warpath.
Because of the enemy,
Because of their thoughts,
15 We wish in vain see one another,5
We can not see him of whom we
think.
Because it is thus,
To be avenged
We have made up our minds.
20 My children,
You shall set your minds to be men.
You shall think to provide your-
selves with good weapons.
Then, perhaps, we shall have the
good fortune,
To get that which we wish,
25 That for which we ask-
Namely that with the enemies'
flocks,
Their clothing,
Their precious stones,
Their good shell beads,
30 That with these our houses may
obtain hearts,
For this we have sent forth our
prayers.
Waiting anxiously until the ap-
pointed time shall come,
Cleansing our hearts,
Cleansing our thoughts,
35 Thus shall we live.
Indeed we shall not be alone.
Because yonder ail about
Abide our fathers.
< Turqaoise, above ail else, the gift to the gods of war.
s Some of our number have died.
ma' le'si te'wanan'e
a'~winakwe
a'wan tse"makwin a'ka.
te'tse'mak-ponolkwi'na
5 Eâ~p i'kwiHn i'~natina
yam a'~teon a'kâ
teFinte yâ'ton'e
yam a'~tateu
ti'na'-te'mïa
10 ho' to-"o a-eaka..
lehoku rna.kwan 'ulonakwi
sa'munan a'ka.
hon le'hol oneal a''Eâna'wa.
a'Ea.p a'~winaEwa'wa tse"makwin
a'ka.
15 i'~yuna'weHya'na
hon a'ntse'man a~DÎ'nena'we.
le~sna te"onakâ
a'sukâna'ka.
ho' tse"makwi ya''Ea.kâ
20 hom tca'we
ton oltsin tse"makuna'wa
ton î'nasnan Eo'ko a'ntse'na-na'wa
ho~nkwe'k hon a''halowili
hot ko'n a'ntecemana
25 pena' ya'"k ona
a'~winaJEw a'~wan wo'~we
a'~wan u'tena-we
a'~wan a"oona'we.
a'~wan }o'' a'~Eok'cî
30 a'ka, ho"na'wan he'co~a î~ke'nap-
tun'onakâ
hon pe'nan kwai~lEânapka.
hol hai'~okwin te"tcituntekwi a'n-
~smne'na
i'ke'n i-'Eokcuna
tse"mak i''Eokcuna
35 hon te'wanan a'~teEân'a.
a'tic hon a''sam a''teEâna tse'na
a'a. la'thok" ho"na'wan a''ta.tcu
ti'na' u'lapnaiye.
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