﻿FLETCHER-LA 
  FLESCHE] 
  THE 
  QUEST 
  OF 
  FOOD 
  297 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  'Be, 
  ebe, 
  who; 
  'to 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  eto 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  first; 
  hi, 
  the 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  

   last 
  vowel 
  sound; 
  ie, 
  speak; 
  te, 
  must; 
  do 
  n 
  , 
  a 
  terminal 
  word 
  or 
  syllable 
  

   to 
  indicate 
  a 
  question. 
  

  

  3. 
  J\Io"zho 
  n 
  , 
  land 
  or 
  country; 
  Jio 
  n 
  , 
  prolongation 
  of 
  vowel 
  sound; 
  

   'thoe, 
  uihue, 
  to 
  speak 
  of. 
  

  

  4. 
  Wi, 
  I 
  (the 
  chiefs) 
  ; 
  efoHhi 
  71 
  , 
  first; 
  hithae, 
  I 
  speak 
  — 
  the 
  chiefs 
  must 
  

   speak 
  with 
  one 
  mind 
  and 
  voice; 
  ame, 
  they 
  say 
  (the 
  people). 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  song 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  preliminary 
  council 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  Seven 
  

   Chiefs 
  with 
  the 
  Washa'beto 
  11 
  subgens 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga, 
  which 
  had 
  charge 
  

   of 
  the 
  hunt, 
  at 
  which 
  the 
  route 
  to 
  be 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  tribe 
  when 
  going 
  

   after 
  the 
  buffalo 
  was 
  determined. 
  The 
  responsibility 
  thrown 
  on 
  this 
  

   council 
  was 
  regarded 
  as 
  very 
  grave. 
  This 
  responsibility 
  is 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  the 
  question 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  line: 
  "Who 
  must 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  

   speak," 
  speak 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  (the 
  route 
  to 
  be 
  taken)? 
  The 
  fourth 
  line 
  

   gives 
  the 
  answer: 
  "I" 
  (the 
  chiefs), 
  "I 
  speak" 
  (the 
  chiefs 
  must 
  

   speak 
  as 
  with 
  one 
  mind, 
  as 
  one 
  person); 
  ame, 
  they 
  say 
  (i. 
  e. 
  the 
  

   people, 
  the 
  words 
  implying 
  the 
  authority 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  chiefs 
  by 
  

   the 
  people; 
  see 
  definition 
  of 
  ni'lcagahi, 
  p. 
  136). 
  The 
  song 
  not 
  only 
  

   refers 
  to 
  the 
  council 
  and 
  its 
  deliberations 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  hunt 
  

   but 
  it 
  voices 
  the 
  loyalty 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  their 
  chiefs 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  

   recognition 
  by 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  their 
  responsibility 
  for 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  

   the 
  tribe. 
  While 
  the 
  words 
  refer 
  only 
  to 
  the 
  "land," 
  the 
  route 
  to 
  be 
  

   traveled 
  by 
  the 
  tribe, 
  the 
  music 
  fills 
  out 
  the 
  picture 
  of 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  the 
  journey. 
  The 
  motive 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  song 
  of 
  

   Part 
  II, 
  that 
  deals 
  with 
  the 
  perpetuation 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  and 
  the 
  mov- 
  

   ing 
  herds, 
  and 
  also 
  recalls 
  the 
  Song 
  of 
  Assurance 
  in 
  Part 
  III. 
  The 
  

   song 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  seven 
  phrases 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  five-tone 
  scale 
  of 
  D 
  

   major. 
  

  

  