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  could 
  classify 
  at 
  once 
  a 
  song 
  by 
  its 
  rhythm, 
  as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   Hethu'shka 
  the 
  Wa'wa", 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  society 
  or 
  

   rite 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  was 
  familiar. 
  This 
  custom 
  has 
  restricted 
  freedom 
  

   in 
  musical 
  composition 
  and 
  thus 
  has 
  retarded 
  its 
  development 
  among 
  

   a 
  remarkably 
  musical 
  race. 
  It 
  has 
  tended 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  

   tribe 
  monotonous 
  and 
  this 
  tendency 
  has 
  been 
  enhanced 
  by 
  certain 
  

   beliefs 
  concerning 
  the 
  function 
  and 
  power 
  of 
  music 
  'entertained 
  by 
  the 
  

   native 
  peoples. 
  Every 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'hewachi 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  

   compose 
  a 
  song 
  which 
  had 
  to 
  conform 
  to 
  the 
  rhythmic 
  standard 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ho"'hewachi 
  initial 
  song. 
  The 
  song 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  expression 
  of 
  

   the 
  man's 
  personal 
  experience, 
  and 
  frequently, 
  though 
  not 
  invariably, 
  

   it 
  referred 
  to 
  a 
  dream 
  or 
  vision 
  that 
  came 
  in 
  answer 
  to 
  his 
  supplication. 
  

   The 
  chiefs 
  and 
  members 
  remained 
  all 
  night 
  at 
  the 
  lodge 
  of 
  the 
  

   candidate. 
  They 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  his 
  guests 
  until 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  

   the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  tattooing. 
  Meanwhile 
  the 
  family 
  of 
  the 
  candidate 
  

   occupied 
  a 
  tent 
  near 
  by, 
  and 
  two 
  women, 
  on 
  whom 
  the 
  "mark 
  of 
  

   honor" 
  had 
  been 
  placed, 
  were 
  designated 
  to 
  cook 
  the 
  food 
  required 
  for 
  

   the 
  assembled 
  guests. 
  

  

  THE 
  TATTOOING 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  two 
  scaffolds 
  were 
  set 
  up 
  outside 
  the 
  candi- 
  

   date's 
  lodge, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  door. 
  On 
  these 
  were 
  suspended 
  

   the 
  articles 
  to 
  be 
  given 
  as 
  fees. 
  Among 
  them 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  100 
  knives 
  

   and 
  100 
  awls. 
  These 
  were 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  implements. 
  The 
  knives 
  

   were 
  thrust 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  around 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  fireplace 
  and 
  the 
  

   awls 
  were 
  similarlj 
  r 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side. 
  Back 
  of 
  the 
  fireplace 
  a 
  

   bed 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  costliest 
  robes 
  and 
  a 
  pillow 
  was 
  placed 
  towan 
  1 
  t 
  he 
  

   east. 
  After 
  the 
  morning 
  meal 
  had 
  been 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  guests 
  and 
  the 
  

   girl 
  had 
  eaten 
  with 
  the 
  family, 
  she 
  was 
  brought 
  in 
  and 
  laid 
  upon 
  

   the 
  bed, 
  facing 
  the 
  west, 
  for, 
  being 
  emblematic 
  of 
  life, 
  she 
  had 
  to 
  lie 
  

   as 
  if 
  moving 
  with 
  the 
  sun. 
  The 
  two 
  heralds 
  stood 
  at 
  the 
  door 
  of 
  

   the 
  lodge 
  and 
  called 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  to 
  sing 
  during 
  

   the 
  tattooing. 
  These 
  must 
  be 
  men 
  who 
  had 
  received 
  public 
  war 
  

   honors. 
  The 
  official 
  cry 
  already 
  noted 
  was 
  given 
  with 
  each 
  name 
  

   called, 
  whether 
  the 
  men 
  were 
  already 
  in 
  the 
  lodge 
  or 
  not. 
  

  

  The 
  charcoal 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  coloring 
  preparation 
  was 
  

   placed 
  in 
  a 
  wooden 
  bowl 
  and 
  taken 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  

   tattooing. 
  Usually 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  performed 
  this 
  duty. 
  The 
  

   figure 
  was 
  first 
  outlined 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  flattened 
  stick 
  dipped 
  into 
  the 
  

   solution 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  charcoal; 
  then 
  it 
  was 
  pricked 
  in 
  with 
  

   needles. 
  Steel 
  needles 
  are 
  now 
  employed; 
  formerly 
  flint 
  points 
  were 
  

   used. 
  The 
  needles 
  were 
  tied 
  in 
  a 
  bunch, 
  to 
  which 
  small 
  bells 
  were 
  

   fastened; 
  formerly 
  the 
  rattles 
  of 
  the. 
  rattlesnake 
  were 
  used. 
  After 
  

   the 
  pricking 
  the 
  charcoal 
  was 
  put 
  over 
  the 
  surface, 
  which 
  was 
  then 
  

   pricked 
  a 
  second 
  time. 
  This 
  completed 
  the 
  tattooing. 
  The 
  round 
  

  

  