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  501 
  

  

  cult 
  in 
  recent 
  years 
  to 
  complete 
  this 
  ceremony 
  after 
  the 
  ancient 
  

   manner, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  dying 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  who 
  could 
  count 
  

   war 
  honors, 
  for 
  these 
  honors 
  had 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  accorded 
  a 
  man 
  in 
  

   the 
  public 
  ceremony 
  of 
  Wate'gictu, 
  already 
  described 
  (see 
  p. 
  434). 
  

   The 
  story 
  is 
  told 
  of 
  an 
  Oto 
  who, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  ceremony 
  

   of 
  initiation, 
  had 
  to 
  send 
  to 
  a 
  cognate 
  tribe 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  

   a 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  properly 
  entitled 
  to 
  "beat 
  the 
  drum." 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  meal 
  had 
  been 
  eaten 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  members 
  resumed 
  

   their 
  seats, 
  the 
  drum 
  was 
  placed, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  song 
  was 
  sung: 
  

  

  =P 
  

  

  ^FT- 
  

  

  thi 
  - 
  tha 
  aha 
  - 
  ya 
  ma 
  

  

  D 
  - 
  thi 
  - 
  tha 
  sha 
  - 
  ya 
  

  

  P 
  

  

  E-go"-sho" 
  do" 
  

  

  u-thi-tha 
  sha-ya 
  ma 
  

  

  U-thi-tha 
  sha-ya 
  ma 
  

  

  -1 
  

  

  U 
  - 
  thi- 
  tha 
  

  

  sha 
  - 
  ya 
  ma 
  

  

  A- 
  

  

  U 
  - 
  thi- 
  tha 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  sha 
  - 
  ya 
  ma 
  

  

  Uthitha 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Uthitha 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Ego 
  11 
  sho" 
  do 
  n 
  uthitha 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Uthitha 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Uthitha 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Uthitha. 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Uthitha, 
  to 
  tell 
  you: 
  shaya, 
  coming; 
  ma, 
  he, 
  

   they; 
  ego 
  71 
  , 
  now, 
  for 
  that 
  reason; 
  sho 
  n 
  , 
  done, 
  completed; 
  do 
  n 
  , 
  there- 
  

   fore. 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  of 
  this 
  song 
  are 
  meager 
  and 
  difficult 
  to 
  translate. 
  Their 
  

   meaning 
  was 
  explained 
  to 
  have 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  sponsor 
  coming 
  to 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi 
  and 
  reporting 
  that 
  the 
  candidate 
  for 
  

   whom 
  he 
  stood 
  had 
  now 
  completed 
  the 
  required 
  number 
  of 
  ivathi 
  71 
  ' 
  ethe, 
  

   or 
  prescribed 
  gifts, 
  and 
  awaited 
  their 
  acceptance 
  of 
  him. 
  

  

  Athigi 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Athigi 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Ego" 
  sho 
  D 
  do" 
  uthudo"be 
  taya 
  ma 
  

  

  Athigi 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Athigi 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Athigi 
  shaya 
  ma 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Athigi, 
  to 
  fetch, 
  bring, 
  cause 
  to 
  come: 
  shaya, 
  

   coming; 
  mo, 
  they; 
  ego 
  n 
  , 
  now, 
  for 
  that 
  reason; 
  sho", 
  done: 
  do 
  n 
  , 
  there- 
  

  

  