KuRATH] IROQUOIS MUSIC AND DANCE 195 



Formerly, all had a word referring to a place in origin legend. 



Black 

 I. Marching Song — Tonawanda version 



1. (43a) yowig^niyo higehoniyo higfiii s'agodjowi ha'tahini wahogayini 



our protector is walking, is coming in 

 (Remainder burden syllables) 



HUSK FACES 



TEXT AND TRANSLATION 



Cornplanter 



1. (53a) yo yo yo gadji 



come here (?) 



2. yo'o' ho ho gogfiye (dance around peeled hickory staff) 



hurry here (?) 



3. gasheda hayake hai'i* hai 

 shake my body (?) 



YEIDOS MEDICINE COMPANY 

 TEXT AND TRANSLATION 



Black 

 Throwing Songs — 



1. (36a) gahidoho eyeyadake nfdjes'o'oni yoh^dza'geh 



medicine rite she must (use) (to go about) to be able the earth place 

 yodonih ho'o ya'gogwe ho'o . . , 

 that what she says that woman 

 (gahidohp she must sponsor so she can go about the earth, so she says, that woman.) 



2. (36b) nidewihe' o'tgo haigwa gahido'o do'o'ghQ wiyo hai'^yfh 



I never thought it is potent almost this ceremony 



3. (36c) dzot'ayoni hayenos deyodino'giodo'oQ hai'y^h 



the wolf catches the sheep — the rams have whorling horns 



4. (36d) deyokgigane' 'ne'ho wfnggwe deyokni he ... . 



they are looking this way the women (refers to above) 



5. (36e) hewageno djo(o)heho gayas'o'oni wi'iyo — o gaye . . . 



that's where I've gone (to) our life as it is named, it is beautiful 



(magic cornstalk) 



WOMEN'S MEDICINE SOCIETIES 



Songs for the Women's Medicine Societies are shown in figures 122 

 to 133. 



RITUALS ADDRESSED TO THE FOOD SPIRITS 



Figures 134 to 144 show the songs used in addressing the Food 

 Spirits. 



