Lú-k'ia yät ton-né, hom tä-tchú k'ia-pin hâ-í, to-pin-té yät-ton-né, This day my father game being, one day raw to-pin-té teh-thli-na-né, tom an o-né yäthl u-lap-nap-té. Hothl one night thy own trail over round about However (even) though. yam á-wi-te-lin tsi-tau-án to-pin-té i-te-tchu-ná hom tâ to me earth mother (with) one step to me thou your an-k'o-ha-ti-ná. Tom an k'iah-kwïn an-ti-shi-ma-ná, tom an shalt grant(favor). Thy own blood wanting, thy own life-fluid shi-i-nán án-ti-shi-mán a-k'iá tom lithl hâ häl-lo-wa-ti-nán flesh wanting, hence to thee, here I good fortunes á-thle-a-ú thlâ á-thle-a-ú. Lé-we tá-kuthl po-ti′ hom (ad)dress, treasure (ad)dress. Thus much woods round filled to me all the about an tom yä′t-ti-na tsú-ma-k'ie-ná. Hom á-tä-tchú, hom ton mine you grasping strong shall. My all-fathers, to me you án-k'o-ha-ti-na-wá. Hom ton té-k'o-ha-na án-ik-tchi-a-nap-tú. favor do (all). To me you light (favor) meet with _do_. FREE TRANSLATION. Si! This day, my father, thou game animal, even though thy trail one day and one night hast (been made) round about; however, grant unto me one step of my earth-mother. Wanting thy life-blood, wanting thy flesh, hence I here address to thee good fortune, address to thee treasure. All ye woods that fill (the country) round about me, (do) grasp for me strongly. [This expression beseeches that the logs, sticks, branches, brambles, and vines shall impede the progress of the chased animal.] My fathers, favor me. Grant unto me the light of your favor, do. The hunter then takes out his fetich, places its nostrils near his lips, breaths deeply from them, as though to inhale the supposed magic breath of the God of Prey, and puffs long and quite loudly in the general direction whither the tracks tend. He then, utters three or four times a long low cry of, "Hu-u-u-u!" It is supposed that the breath of the god, breathed in temporarily by the hunter, and breathed outward toward the heart of the pursued animal, will overcome the latter and stiffen his limbs, so that he will fall an easy prey; and that the low roar, as of the beast of prey, will enter his consciousness and frighten him so as to conceal from him the knowledge of any approach.