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  Literal 
  translation: 
  Kiiiha, 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  endearment 
  for 
  a 
  wife, 
  used 
  

   only 
  in 
  great 
  grief 
  (the 
  word 
  for 
  wife 
  in 
  ordinary 
  address 
  is 
  

   thano 
  n 
  '7ia; 
  when 
  spoken 
  of, 
  wigaxtho 
  n 
  ); 
  e, 
  he; 
  WaJco 
  n 
  'da, 
  here 
  used 
  in 
  

   the 
  sense 
  of 
  " 
  mysterious 
  ;" 
  shefigehe 
  tha 
  ha, 
  an 
  archaic 
  form 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  translate, 
  refers 
  to 
  all 
  things 
  yonder 
  — 
  the 
  animals, 
  the 
  earth, 
  and 
  

   its 
  teeming 
  life; 
  Jdno 
  n 
  ge, 
  let 
  us 
  run; 
  the 
  word 
  used 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  

   running 
  of 
  animals, 
  not 
  men. 
  The 
  lines 
  are 
  all 
  composed 
  of 
  changes 
  

   on 
  these 
  words. 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  incident 
  in 
  the 
  story 
  when, 
  after 
  the 
  shell 
  had 
  

   been 
  found, 
  the 
  husband 
  in 
  his 
  grief 
  called 
  to 
  his 
  wife 
  and 
  said, 
  "We 
  

   will 
  now 
  run 
  home." 
  The 
  movement 
  was 
  to 
  put 
  them 
  in 
  accord 
  with 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  animals 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  magic 
  and 
  mysterious 
  

   animals 
  of 
  the 
  story 
  ; 
  also, 
  they 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  endowed 
  with 
  their 
  

   swiftness 
  and 
  magic 
  power. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  lies 
  

   another 
  meaning, 
  which 
  relates 
  to 
  the 
  imparting 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  and 
  

   woman 
  of 
  added 
  life, 
  reproductive 
  power, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  magic 
  

   granted 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  This 
  dramatic 
  movement 
  completed 
  the 
  opening 
  ceremony, 
  which 
  

   was 
  closed 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  

  

  THE 
  PUBLIC 
  CEREMONY 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  cumulative 
  procession 
  about 
  the 
  fire 
  those 
  

   members 
  who 
  chose 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  returned 
  to 
  their 
  respective 
  places. 
  The 
  

   drum 
  was 
  then 
  taken 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  lodges 
  and 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  that 
  

   lodge 
  formed 
  a 
  choir 
  while 
  the 
  drum 
  was 
  with 
  them. 
  Each 
  lodge 
  

   had 
  its 
  own 
  songs, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  initial 
  song 
  for 
  each 
  lodge 
  which 
  

   had 
  to 
  be 
  sung 
  first 
  when 
  the 
  drum 
  was 
  brought; 
  subsequently 
  the 
  

   singers 
  chose 
  the 
  songs 
  they 
  wished 
  to 
  sing, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  fixed 
  order 
  

   after 
  the 
  first. 
  The 
  drum 
  was 
  beaten 
  as 
  an 
  accompaniment 
  to 
  all 
  

   the 
  songs, 
  which 
  were 
  divided 
  into 
  the 
  slow, 
  or 
  rest, 
  songs, 
  during 
  

   which 
  the 
  members 
  sat 
  and 
  talked 
  or 
  rested; 
  and 
  fast 
  songs, 
  during 
  

   which 
  they 
  passed 
  about 
  the 
  fire, 
  "shooting" 
  whom 
  they 
  pleased. 
  

   Whoever 
  was 
  " 
  shot 
  " 
  fell 
  rigid, 
  lay 
  a 
  few 
  moments 
  in 
  a 
  tense 
  attitude, 
  

   then 
  arose 
  and 
  took 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  moving 
  line 
  about 
  the 
  fire, 
  and 
  

   "shot" 
  whomsoever 
  he 
  wished. 
  After 
  the 
  drum 
  had 
  remained 
  a 
  

   while 
  with 
  one 
  lodge 
  it 
  was 
  carried 
  to 
  another. 
  The 
  initial 
  song 
  of 
  

   that 
  lodge 
  was 
  sung, 
  then 
  other 
  songs 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  lodge, 
  accord- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  fancy 
  of 
  the 
  choir, 
  and 
  the 
  procession 
  formed 
  again. 
  The 
  

   drum 
  had 
  to 
  pass 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  lodges 
  during 
  a 
  regular 
  meeting. 
  

  

  