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  progress 
  the 
  u'shu 
  directed 
  a 
  servant 
  to 
  gather 
  up 
  the 
  mystery 
  bags 
  of 
  

   the 
  members 
  by 
  fours, 
  and 
  lay 
  them 
  before 
  him: 
  he 
  then 
  painted 
  with 
  

   the 
  blue 
  paint 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  whose 
  entire 
  skin 
  formed 
  the 
  

   bag. 
  When 
  this 
  was 
  done 
  the 
  servant 
  advanced 
  to 
  the 
  drum, 
  made 
  

   four 
  feints, 
  and 
  then 
  struck 
  the 
  drum 
  four 
  times. 
  This 
  represented 
  

   that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  story 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  animals 
  in 
  the 
  lake 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   island 
  struck 
  their 
  drums 
  when 
  the 
  children 
  were 
  painted. 
  The 
  cere- 
  

   mony 
  of 
  gathering 
  and 
  painting 
  the 
  bags 
  and 
  striking 
  the 
  drum 
  was 
  

   the 
  same 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  lodges. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  master 
  representing 
  the 
  "eldest 
  son" 
  rose 
  (he 
  had 
  

   painted 
  his 
  invitation 
  stick 
  red), 
  having 
  completed 
  his 
  duty 
  of 
  paint- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  his 
  lodge, 
  and, 
  holding 
  up 
  his 
  invitation 
  stick, 
  he 
  

   passed 
  by 
  the 
  left 
  around 
  the 
  fire 
  followed 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  his 
  

   lodge. 
  When 
  they 
  reached 
  the 
  entrance 
  at 
  the 
  east 
  they 
  paused, 
  

   faced 
  the 
  west 
  and 
  the 
  fireplace 
  and 
  sang 
  the 
  following 
  song, 
  led 
  by 
  

   their 
  master 
  who 
  held 
  the 
  painted 
  stick 
  aloft. 
  The 
  drum 
  was 
  not 
  

   used 
  to 
  accompany 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  opening 
  and 
  

   second 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  M. 
  M. 
  J 
  = 
  120 
  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  Transcribed 
  by 
  Edwin 
  S. 
  Tracy 
  

  

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