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War Songs

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"The Path on the Rainbow", edited by George W. Cronyn, [1918],

War Songs

Zuni

To you of the six regions

Whose homes cover the earth

I give shells..

Yellow ant, blue ant, red ant, all color ant

U--hu--we--u--hu--we-

U--hu--we--u--hu--we.

To you whose homes

Are covered with mountain tops

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I
give shells

Yellow, blue, red, white, all color, black.

When we meet the enemy

A little arrow storm will arise.

When we meet him on the road nearby

He will never more inhale the sacred breath of day.

I inhale the sacred breath of day.

All come quickly,

The enemy comes from ambush.

A Navajo is killed,

We inhale the sacred breath of day.

You have met the enemy.

He will never more inhale the sacred breath of day.

The enemy is destroyed.

Who will be our great Bow priest?

Who is to become a Bow priest?

Well! who will kick the scalp?

His younger mother, his elder sister.

Who will wash the scalp?

His younger father, his elder brother.

Well!

Good!

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