[69.] Stevenson, Matilda Coxe. The Sia, p. 124. Bur. of Amer. Eth. Washington. 1896.
[70.] Ibid., p. 124. See also Mrs. Austin’s “Rain Songs from the Rio Grande Pueblos” in The American Rhythm, pp. 92-94.
[71.] Russell, Frank. The Pima Indians, pp. 333-334. Bur. of Amer. Eth. Washington. 1904-1905. “The first songs ever sung to bring rain. Ho-oni was the name of the Corn God who left the Pimas for many years and then returned to live at the mountain north of Picacho, Ta-atûkam, whence he sang as above.”
[73.] Ibid., pp. 331-333. The vivid imagery of the original is lost in the translation. Compare the phrases from the free translation with the more literal rendering:
“Darkness of evening falls” and
“Blue evening drops”;
“The white light of day dawn
Yet finds us singing” and
“The white dawn rises.”