Reared Within the Mountains carries for me; A black spruce sapling, he carries for me; An implement of the rites, he carries for me; A holy treasure, he carries for me. The Holy Young Woman carries for me; A blue spruce sapling, she carries for me; An implement of the rites, she carries for me; A holy treasure, she carries for me. 260. The evergreen poles used in the dance and in making “the dark circles,” to both of which this song probably refers, were, in all cases where I have observed them, made of piñon and not of spruce; but all dances I have witnessed were at altitudes of about six thousand feet, where piñon was abundant and spruce rare. In those portions of the Navajo country with which I am familiar the spruce (_Pseudotsuga douglassii_) grows plentifully at the height of eight thousand feet, sparsely below that. There is good reason for believing that the spruce is the true sacred tree of these rites and that the piñon is only a convenient substitute. The song is called Ilnásjin Beniçà, “that with which the dark circle is built.” It is sung by the shaman at the eastern gate, while the young men are building the corral. (Paragraph 124.) I have other slightly different versions of it, probably suitable for different occasions. The form given above is recited, under ordinary circumstances, when the patient is a woman. 261. PRAYER TO DSILYI‘ NEYÁNI. 1. Dsilyi‘ Neyáni! 2. Dsil banaçà! 3. Tsilkè! 4. Naçàni! 5. Nigèl icla‘. 6. Na¢è hila‘. 7. Cikè caä¢ilil. 8. Citcàç eaä¢ilil. 9. Citsès eaä¢ilil. 10. Cinì‘ eaä¢ilil, 11. Cinè eaä¢ilil. 12. Qojògo qa¢àlçe aci¢ilil. 13. Citsídje qojolel. 14. Cikè¢e qojolel. 15. Cizàç qaqojolel. 16. Qojòni qaslè, 17. Qojòni qaslè, 18. Qojòni qaslè, 19. Qojòni qaslè. 262. _Translation._--1. The name of the prophet. 2. Dsil, mountains, banaçà, chief (or master) for them. 3. Tsilkè, young man. 4. Naçàni, chieftain. 5. Nigèl, your peculiar sacrifice, i.e., the keçàn; icla‘, I have made. 6. Na¢è, a smoke, i.e., the cigarettes (paragraph 87), for you; hila‘, is made. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Cikè, my feet; citcàç, my lower extremities; citsès, my body; cinì‘, my mind; cinè, my voice; eaä¢ilil, for me restore (as it was before) thou wilt. 12. Qojògo, in a beautiful manner; qa¢àlçe, repaired, mended; aci¢ilil, restore me thou wilt. 13, 14. Citsídje, in the direction before me; cikè¢e, from behind me; qojolel, wilt thou terrestrially beautify. 15. Cizàç, my words; qaqojolel, wilt thou personally beautify. 16, 17, 18, 19. Qojòni, in earthly beauty; qaslè, it is made, it is done. 263. In other prayers, closely resembling this in form, the shaman adds: “Beautify all that is above me. Beautify all that is below me. Beautify all things around me.”