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horns and trumpets of bark and hollow cane. The songs procured 

 were generally of war. The following are the text and translation of 

 some of them. (For music see figs. 6 and 7„) 



SHfctfcl 



m 



X 



PC 



p-* 



m 



Fig. G. — Hypurind Indian war song. 



/?\ S>% 



tt 



t± 



r—*- 



D.C. 



Fi(.;. 7. — Hypurina Indian girl's song. 



SONGS OF THE HYPURINAS. 



1. iwaha msipinga nlpma purl panl': I go down below (down the river), who 



knows whether I shall return — or die there. 



2. konai itakurl makokwa/ wiehi mingani: When the macocaua sings it sings well. 



3. shambana umbari kirapara hlnl shambanani: The leaf that calls my lover when 



tied in my girdle. 



4. marakumbi makulina pongata marakumbi hatiniri sawaki / pongata: Bring your 



arrows, I am a warrior. I have my arrows ready and wish to kill you. 



5. nawl marl konipi' marutari niiwi marina pari': Now no one can say I am not a 



warrior, I return victorious from the battle. 



6. kakotiri napirl kaiiitipana' perltl: I am a serpent, when I bite my enemy dies. 



7. waini km kanampani yuiina pan! kanu: I go to die, my enemy shall eat me. 



8. kawiritu koowaru kosanati wakiirl shining: I am wounded in the fight, but I 



shall not die. 



LIST OF WORDS FROM HYPURINA. 



The first column of names of parts of the body was taken while there 

 were several of the tribe present to correct it. The second column was 

 taken from a boy who could speak nothing else. The other Hypurinas 

 said this list was from a dialect called (Singananerl'), that of the tou- 

 can-clan or people. 



Both lists of parts of the body seem to have the personal pronoun 

 (I or my) in composition, in the first prefixed ni' or ni'u, in the sec- 

 ond suffixed achf or anchl'. Thus: to hii(n) or tftwan, the forehead, 

 gives, first, nitohu'(n); second, tawanchf. Poto or potu, the mouth, 

 gives, first, nipotfi'; second, potonchl'. Kit!', the foot, gives, first, 

 nikiti', and, second, kitinchi', etc. 



head: ikiwi 7 



hair of head: kiwishaki' — kiwMkechi' 



forehead : nitohu / ( n) — tawanchT' 



ears: nikimbi' — kembitaichi' 



eyes: ninoki' — 6ki / 



nose: nikiripf — klrinchi / 

 mouth : nipotu' — potonchl' 

 inside of mouth: nmamahiV 

 tongue: mnini' — inani' 

 teeth : niserihi' (n) — seriinchi' 



