...this and other groups of songs. Time forbids the citation here of more than the " Magpie Song " : " The magpie ! the magpie ! Here underneath In the white...are the footsteps of morning. It dawns ! it dawns ! " and "the Badger Song": " Badger is lying down, badger is lying down, ' Wanrr,' [imit. of growl],...

...A'a'a'i-ne! Ta'a'-ni-aine! Ta'a'-ni-alne! Bit.i alkaigl dike ylska ne. Gayelka'! Gayelka'!" TRANSLATION. The magpie, the magpie, here underneath, In the white of his wings are the footsteps of the morning. It dawns! It dawns I bfifc CHAPTER IX WHEN the night was old, and others slept, Raquel...

...song for me, And sings a song for me. And what a striking phrase is contained in the following Navaho song to the magpie: The Magpie; The Magpie Here underneath...like the following passage from the Iroquois Book of Rites can be rendered in a natural and straightforward manner, although the construction of English...

...LITTLE AMD IVES COMPANY, NEW YORK TO FLORIAN BERNARD AND Av1s DsVoTO s Prologue WINDRISE 1890-1908 the magpie here underneath in the white of his wings are the footsteps of morning it dawns Navajo THE CROOKED MILE NIGHT came; the mountains grew vast and dim; a boy, a very small boy, lay in...

...calls."22 The magpie is made the subject of a figure even more striking: one almost worthy of Shakespeare. "The Magpie ! The Magpie ! Here underneath In the...are the footsteps of morning. It dawns ! It dawns !"22 A Zuni corn grinding song contains the concept mentioned by Miss Curtis of the swallow as harbinger...

...Burlin, notably the Hunting Song, to be found in both anthologies. Here is the Magpie Song by Matthews : The Magpie ! The Magpie ! Here underneath In the white...are the footsteps of morning. It dawns ! It dawns ! And I quote also his version of the First Song of Dawn Boy : Where my kindred dwell There I wander,...

...Burlin, notably the Hunting Song, to be found in both anthologies. Here is the Magpie Song by Matthews : The Magpie ! The Magpie ! Here underneath In the white...are the footsteps of morning. It dawns ! It dawns ! And I quote also his version of the First Song of Dawn Boy : Where my kindred dwell There I wander,...

...Let us mention two beautiful occurrences of such a "reading" of nature. The first is a Navajo song: The Magpie! The Magpie! Here underneath In the white...his wings are the footsteps of morning. It dawns! It dawns!54 The whiteness of dawn (alba in Latin) seems to emerge with the white feathers of the magpie...

...Ya'a'nl-aine! Ya'a'nl-aine .' Kbya-aine Bitd' alkdigi bike yiskd' ne. Qayelkd' > Qayelkd' .' TRANSLATION. The magpie ! The magpie ! Here underneath In the white...are the footsteps of morning. It dawns ! It dawns ! NOTES. a'a'd'i and ya'a'i are imitations of the magpie's call ; a'a'i is the onomatopoetic name of...

...groups of songs. Time forbids the citation here of more than the " Magpie Song " : " The magpie ! (lie magpie ! Here underneath In the white of his wings are the footsteps of morning. It dawns ! it dawns ! " and "the Badger Song": " Badger is lying down, badger is lying down, ' Waurr,' [imit. of growl],...