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  E 
  Iho 
  he 
  

  

  WakoMa 
  hi"\vi"tha 
  me 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  Wako 
  n 
  da 
  hi 
  n 
  wi"tha 
  me 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  Hi" 
  kage 
  ha! 
  xane 
  thi" 
  hi"\vi"lha 
  me 
  e 
  e 
  Iho 
  he 
  thoi 
  

  

  WakoMa 
  hi"\vi 
  n 
  tha 
  me 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  Wako 
  n 
  da 
  thi" 
  xage 
  thi" 
  hi"wi 
  n 
  tha 
  me 
  e 
  e 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  E 
  tho 
  he! 
  exclamatory 
  syllables 
  but 
  subjective 
  

   in 
  character; 
  Wako 
  n 
  da, 
  here 
  does 
  not 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  permeating 
  life 
  and 
  

   power 
  throughout 
  nature 
  but 
  to 
  the 
  manifestation 
  of 
  power 
  in 
  the 
  

   thunder; 
  hiHvitfha, 
  told 
  me; 
  me, 
  they; 
  iho, 
  musical 
  vocable; 
  he, 
  end 
  

   of 
  sentence; 
  hi" 
  Tcage 
  lt<i, 
  my 
  friend; 
  xage, 
  to 
  weep 
  or 
  cry; 
  ihi 
  n 
  , 
  sign 
  

   of 
  one 
  moving; 
  hi 
  n 
  wi 
  n 
  iha, 
  tell 
  me; 
  me, 
  they; 
  e 
  tho 
  he 
  the, 
  vowel 
  pro- 
  

   longation; 
  thoi, 
  vocable 
  marking 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  musical 
  clause; 
  tho 
  

   in 
  the 
  last 
  line 
  marks 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  song. 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  speaks 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  man 
  went 
  out 
  to 
  fast 
  and 
  

   pray; 
  as 
  lie 
  went 
  the 
  Thunder 
  beings 
  spoke 
  to 
  him 
  and 
  called 
  him 
  

   "friend." 
  The 
  music 
  presents 
  points 
  of 
  interest, 
  as 
  to 
  both 
  rhythm 
  

   and 
  melody, 
  as 
  expressive 
  of 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  song. 
  

  

  THE 
  IIO 
  N 
  'lIEWACHI 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  society 
  or 
  order 
  of 
  honorary 
  chieftainship, 
  

   composed 
  of 
  men 
  who 
  had 
  accomplished 
  one 
  hundred 
  or 
  more 
  

   imthi"') 
  flu 
  (certain 
  prescribed 
  acts 
  and 
  gifts; 
  see 
  p. 
  202). 
  To 
  achieve 
  

   membership 
  in 
  this 
  order 
  was 
  accounted 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  honors 
  a 
  

   man 
  could 
  secure, 
  although 
  it 
  carried 
  with 
  it 
  no 
  political 
  prominence. 
  

  

  The 
  literal 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  name 
  is: 
  Ho 
  n 
  'he," 
  in 
  the 
  night;" 
  wa'cM, 
  

   "dance;" 
  but 
  this 
  docs 
  not 
  convey 
  the 
  true 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  word. 
  

   Wa'chi 
  does 
  not 
  mean 
  "dance" 
  in 
  our 
  sense 
  of 
  the 
  word 
  but 
  dra- 
  

   matic 
  rhythmic 
  movements 
  for 
  the 
  expression 
  of 
  personal 
  emotion 
  or 
  

   experience, 
  or 
  for 
  the 
  presentation 
  of 
  mythical 
  teachings. 
  Ho"'he 
  

  

  