shi´-pa-po
entrance to lower world
ni´ma
ascended
mai-tu-bo
shrew
ha´-ro-ᵗse
man
An appeal to the animals of the cardinal points to intercede with the cloud people to water the earth. This song is long and elaborate. It begins by stating that their people, the cougar people and the others mentioned, ascended to ha´arts, the earth, through the opening, shi´papo, in the north. It then recounts various incidents in the lives of these beings, with appeals at intervals for their intercession with the cloud people.
A RAIN SONG OF THE QUER´RÄNNA CHAI´ÄN.
Hĕn´-na-ti
White floating clouds.
he´-äsh
clouds like the plains
O´-shats
sun
Ta´-wac
moon