KuRATH] IROQUOIS MUSIC AND DANCE 103 



RITUALS ADDRESSED TO THE MIDPANTHEON 

 Figures 32 to 38 are the songs used for the Midpantheon rituals. 

 SHAMANISTIC CURES 

 (See figs. 39 52) 



FALSE FACE DANCE 

 TEXT AND TRANSLATION 



I. Marching Songs — not recorded. 



II. Common Faces — 



1. he' ha'iye he'e haiy^ etc. 



2. he shagodyoweh shagodyoweh he haja'dota' 

 the great doctor he cures 



3. he'e dehaskayondye'a he'e he dehaskayondye'a 



they (the False Faces) are coming in (they go where the ashes are). 

 (They here crawl in) 



4. he'e honosoni'ga'a he . . . 



He is of the League people (belongs to the Iroquois) 



5. haja' tgahaato' agegosa' 



turn over my face (the masker turns a flip) 



6. o-ne ne'ho haja Mota' 

 right now then cure 

 shagodyoweh o-ne ne'ho hae hai hoii 



(Receive tobacco, go out, unmask and return for mush, ojisgwa') 



III. Thumbs-up— 



7. Mask and lady sponsor — ye haiyo .... 



8. haiyo .... (two False Face pick out men and women to dance) 



IV. Round Dance — 



9. on^ negi o'sogwaya? donyaanohe shagodyowehgoowa hane hoi . . 



now we must stir our bodies (dance) for the greatest doctor 



10. hodayedosondyondye's shagodyowehgoowa hane hoi . . . 

 he peers around the greatest doctor (to see who should be dancing) 



11-13. Burden syllables 



14. gaiyohiyade'ha' (repeat) hoi . . . 



on the sky 



15. agidawenone'dago gayohiyade hai . . . wiyohenee 

 my voice echoes up on the sky it is good 



16. Sponsor's dance song. Husk Face enters and starts her off in dance, 

 esagoya'donya'ngo shagodyoweh' gowahane' 

 eyagowenonentaak hoi . . . 



you her body stir (start) , for O greatest doctor, she has sponsored the ceremony 



