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BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[BULL. 61 



No. 15. Song after Raising tlie Sacred Pole (b) (Catalogue No. 629) 



Sung by Red Weasel 



Voice J =66 

 Drum not recorded 



(1) 



WORDS (not transcribed) 



( The pole speaks) 



maka' dokaD''yaD at the center of the earth • 



wa''kil na^zig po stand looking around you 



oya^te iye^kiya recognizing the tribe 



wa''kil na''zii) po stand looking around you 



1 This is an instance of the "sacred language" mentioned on p. 85. A language of this kind was said to 

 be necessary in order that persons intimate with supernatural thmgs could communicate without being 

 understood by the common people. The term "center of the earth" occurs in a narrative on p. 214 and also 

 in song No. 137, translated as follows: " .\.t the center of the earth I stand ... at the wind center (where 

 the winds blow toward me from every side) I stand." Songs Nos. 16 and 75 mention the places whence 

 the winds blow, the former containing the words "at the places of the four winds may you be re\erenced," 

 and the latter, "At the fourplaces . . . theplacesfrom which the winds blow . . . to stand I was required;" 

 also " the homes of the four winds," p. 127. The following instances may also be cited: An expression similar 

 to this occurs in song No. 93 — caytc' mato'kccaca, also translated "with a heart that is different," but carry- 

 ing the idea of the fierceness of a bear. The term yalin'ktc, literally translated "you will eat, "is a plirase 

 used only by medicine-men when addressing the sick (song No. 57). The words "a scarlet relic" in song 

 No. 1 refer to the custom of spirit keeping and would not he understood by those who were unfamiliar with 

 that ceremony. The term "grandfather" is found in No. 21, which is the opening prayer of the Sundance. 

 The word tunkarj' , 'sacred stones,' is said to be derived from tmjka'sila, 'grandfather.' (See p. 205.) 

 In songs Nos. 41, 93, and 105 there is shown something approaching the personification of a wind 

 and a rainbow, the idea being that these possess or wear the man who has dreamed of them and has not 



