1. Χadʒinäìa χaò yaè, 2. Kaþ dsil ðilhyíli χaò yaè, 3. ‘Çaltsoï tsèë χaò yaè, 4. Ciʒa cigèlgo χaò yaè. Náhi ìni èhi oayè, náhi ini èhi oöhè. 5. Niχoyastcàdʒe χaò yaè, 6. Kaþ dsil þolíʒi χaò yaè, 7. Kini bitsèë χaò yaè, 8. Ciʒa cigèlgo χaò yaè. Náhi ìni, etc. 9. Χadʒinäìa χaò yaè, 10. Kaþ dsil litsòï χaò yaè, 11. Bitselitsòï χaò yaè, 12. Ciʒa cigèlgo χaò yaè. Náhi ìni, etc. 13. Niχoyastcàdʒe χaò yaè, 14. Kaþ dsil lakàie χaò yaè, 15. A‘a‘i tsèe χaò yaè, 16. Ciʒa cigèlgo χaò yaè. Náhi ìni, etc. 199. _Translation._--1, 9. Χadʒinàï, “Place-where-they-came-up,” a locality in the San Juan Mountains where, according to their mythology, the Navajo emerged from the lower world to this. 5, 13. Niχoyastcàdʒe, another name for Χadʒinàï. 2, 6, 10, 14. Kaþ, now; dsil, mountain; ðilhyíli, black; þolíʒi, blue; litsòï, yellow; lakàie, white. These verses refer to four mountains surrounding Χadʒinàï, which are designated by colors only to indicate their topographical positions. 3, 7, 11, 15. ‘Çaltsoï = aþa litsòï, “yellow wing,” a large bird of prey; kini, hen hawk; bitselitsòï, “yellow tail,” a bird of undetermined species; a‘a‘i, magpie; tse, a tail; bitse, its tail. 4, 8, 12, 16. Ciʒa, my treasure; cigèl, my desideratum, my ultimatum, the only thing I will accept. When supposed to be said by a god, as in this song, it means the particular sacrifice which is appropriate to him. In this case probably the feathers spoken of are “cigèl” and the mountains “ciʒa.” The refrain “χaò yaè” is a poetic modification of χaa‘, it looms up, or sticks up, said of some lofty object visible in the distance, whose base cannot be seen. * * * * * Errors and Inconsistencies (noted by transcriber) The utterance “hu‘hu‘hu‘hu” was printed both with and without final ‘. Table of Contents: The great pictures of dsilyídje qaçàl 444 _text reads “44”_ Sacrifices of dsilyídje qaçàl _indentation changed to agree with body text_ fac simile _printed as two words_ Index: Akáninili _text reads “Akánilini”_ Akáninili ... 417 _error for 421?_ Dsilyi‘ Neyáni ... prayer to ... 421 _error for 464?_ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony, by Washington Matthews