Is the strong ‘Hlúp-tsi-kwa-kwe!

Then the corn of the West land

By the next sister quickened,—

Made blue by the smoke-light,—

Is hued like the ocean

Or shadows of evening,—

The rich ‘Hlí-a-kwa-kwe!

Next, the corn of the South land,

By the third sister quickened,

Is red, like the flowers