﻿FLETCHER 
  [.a 
  PLBSCHB] 
  

  

  THE 
  SACRED 
  POLE 
  

  

  285 
  

  

  Second 
  Song 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  E 
  he 
  

  

  :£=* 
  

  

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  1 
  

  

  the 
  he 
  

  

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  thi 
  

  

  io 
  L 
  - 
  hi 
  

  

  -m 
  

  

  fc==i= 
  

  

  to" 
  

  

  =pr= 
  =3 
  

  

  tha 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  gthi 
  

  

  ^S 
  

  

  bi 
  

  

  K 
  - 
  he 
  

  

  the 
  he 
  

  

  the 
  

  

  gthi 
  - 
  to" 
  - 
  hi 
  

  

  — 
  i 
  — 
  g 
  ,,_ 
  e 
  m. 
  

  

  la 
  gthi 
  

  

  to" 
  hi 
  

  

  the 
  he 
  

  

  zZrzr-*-*-* 
  

  

  the 
  wa 
  

  

  gthi 
  - 
  to" 
  - 
  bi 
  

  

  f 
  1 
  1 
  • 
  i 
  ha 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  — 
  fs-i 
  i 
  

  

  *: 
  * 
  r 
  

  

  gthi 
  - 
  to 
  u 
  - 
  bi 
  

  

  mi 
  

  

  Ehe 
  the 
  he 
  gthito 
  n 
  bi 
  thaha 
  ha 
  

  

  Gthito 
  n 
  bi 
  

   Ehe 
  the 
  he 
  the 
  wagthito 
  n 
  bi 
  tha 
  ha 
  ha 
  

  

  6thito 
  n 
  bi 
  

   Ehe 
  the 
  he 
  the 
  wagthito 
  n 
  bi 
  tha 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   Gthito 
  n 
  bi 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Ehe, 
  I 
  say; 
  the, 
  this; 
  lie, 
  vowel 
  prolongation 
  of 
  

   preceding 
  word; 
  gthitonbi, 
  preparing 
  what 
  is 
  theirs; 
  tha, 
  a 
  punctua- 
  

   tion 
  word 
  indicating 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sentence, 
  used 
  in 
  oratory 
  and 
  

   dignified 
  speech; 
  ha, 
  vowel 
  prolongation 
  of 
  preceding 
  word. 
  

  

  Fnf 
  translation 
  

  

  I 
  here 
  declare 
  our 
  work 
  to 
  !"• 
  completed, 
  

  

  Done 
  our 
  I 
  ask! 
  

  

  I 
  here 
  declare 
  thai 
  all 
  our 
  work 
  is 
  now 
  completed, 
  

  

  Done 
  our 
  task! 
  

  

  1 
  here 
  declare 
  that 
  all 
  our 
  work 
  is 
  now 
  completed, 
  

   Fully 
  completed! 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  following 
  day 
  the 
  culminating 
  rites 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  took 
  

   place-. 
  In 
  these 
  the 
  wife 
  of 
  the 
  officiating 
  priest 
  bad 
  a 
  share. 
  lie 
  

   wns 
  clot 
  lied 
  in 
  his 
  gala 
  shirt 
  and 
  leggings, 
  and 
  red 
  bands 
  were 
  painted 
  

   across 
  bis 
  cheeks 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  to 
  the 
  ear. 
  The 
  woman 
  wore 
  over 
  

   her 
  gala 
  cost 
  tune 
  a 
  buffalo 
  robe 
  girded 
  about 
  her 
  waist 
  , 
  the 
  skin 
  side 
  

  

  out, 
  which 
  was 
  painted 
  red. 
  Across 
  her 
  cheeks 
  and 
  her 
  glossy 
  black 
  

   hair 
  red 
  hands 
  were 
  painted 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  heel 
  of 
  each 
  moccasin 
  was 
  

   attached 
  a 
  strip 
  of 
  buffalo 
  hair 
  like 
  a 
  tail. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  the 
  following 
  song 
  was 
  sung 
  as 
  the 
  wicker- 
  

   work 
  object 
  containing 
  the 
  down 
  of 
  the 
  crane, 
  which 
  bore 
  the 
  name 
  

  

  