The answer is:
“The living memory and the verbal tradition which transcends it were brought together for me…”
In "The Way to Rainy Mountain," the narrator upholds the claim that the Kiowa's culture has survived by passing down their traditional stories and culture. In the line chosen, the narrator describes how she has been recipient of spoken traditional Kiowa beliefs, folkore and customs by previous generations.
The rest of the lines do not make reference to passing down verbal tradition.