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  INDIVIDUAL. 
  

  

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  bend 
  under 
  your 
  weight. 
  I 
  speak 
  to 
  you 
  that 
  you 
  may 
  be 
  strong." 
  

   Laving 
  his 
  hand 
  on 
  the 
  shoulder 
  of 
  the 
  child, 
  he 
  added: 
  "What 
  you 
  

   have 
  brought 
  me 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  lost 
  to 
  you; 
  you 
  shall 
  live 
  long 
  and 
  en- 
  

   joy 
  many 
  possessions; 
  your 
  eyes 
  shall 
  be 
  satisfied 
  with 
  many 
  good 
  

   things." 
  Then, 
  moving 
  with 
  the 
  child 
  toward 
  the 
  fireplace 
  in 
  the 
  

   center 
  of 
  the 
  lodge, 
  and 
  speaking 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  Thunder, 
  

   whose 
  priest 
  he 
  was, 
  he 
  uttered 
  these- 
  words: 
  "I 
  am 
  a 
  powerful 
  being; 
  

   I 
  breathe 
  froni 
  my 
  lips 
  over 
  you." 
  Then 
  he 
  began 
  to 
  sing 
  the 
  

   Invocation 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Winds: 
  

  

  Du 
  - 
  ba 
  ha 
  

  

  no" 
  - 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  

  

  She 
  - 
  no 
  n 
  - 
  zhi" 
  

  

  ga.. 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  \^=3 
  

  

  ^— 
  r-^r-^j 
  

  

  Du 
  - 
  ba 
  - 
  ha 
  ti. 
  

  

  no" 
  zhi" 
  

  

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  She 
  no"- 
  zhi" 
  

  

  ga. 
  

  

  She 
  no"-zhi° 
  

  

  ga. 
  

  

  I" 
  

  

  Duba 
  ha 
  ti 
  no 
  n 
  zhi" 
  ga 
  she 
  no"zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  

   Duba 
  ha 
  ti 
  no 
  n 
  zhi" 
  ga 
  

   She 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga! 
  She 
  no"zhi 
  n 
  ga 
  

   I" 
  I" 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Du 
  ha, 
  four; 
  ha 
  signifies 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  four 
  

   refers 
  to 
  groups; 
  ti, 
  from 
  ati, 
  come 
  ye; 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  , 
  stand; 
  a, 
  from 
  iga, 
  

   word 
  of 
  command 
  given 
  to 
  a 
  number; 
  she, 
  from 
  shethu, 
  a 
  definite 
  

   place 
  near 
  by; 
  ga, 
  a 
  command, 
  and 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sentence; 
  l 
  n 
  , 
  the 
  rolling 
  

   thunder. 
  The 
  "four" 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  four 
  winds, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  invoca- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  addressed 
  by 
  the 
  Thunder 
  priest. 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  Ye 
  four, 
  come 
  hither 
  and 
  stand, 
  near 
  shall 
  ye 
  stand 
  

  

  In 
  four 
  groups 
  shall 
  ye 
  stand 
  

  

  Here 
  shall 
  ye 
  stand, 
  in 
  this 
  place 
  stand 
  

  

  (The 
  Thunder 
  rolls) 
  

  

  The 
  music 
  of 
  this 
  invocation 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  five-toned 
  scale. 
  The 
  voice 
  

   dwells 
  on 
  the 
  words 
  ft', 
  "come," 
  and 
  she, 
  "near 
  in 
  this 
  place." 
  The 
  roll 
  

   of 
  the 
  Thunder 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  relative 
  minor. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  ritual 
  song 
  the 
  priest 
  faces 
  the 
  child 
  to 
  the 
  

   east, 
  lifting 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  shoulders; 
  its 
  feet 
  are 
  allowed 
  to 
  rest 
  upon 
  

   the 
  stone. 
  He 
  then 
  turns 
  the 
  child 
  completely 
  around, 
  from 
  left 
  to 
  

   right. 
  If 
  by 
  any 
  chance 
  the 
  child 
  should 
  struggle 
  or 
  move 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

  

  