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  SOCIETIES 
  543 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  She, 
  those; 
  uha, 
  paths; 
  wethdha, 
  we 
  go; 
  leutha, 
  

   wife; 
  mo"zho", 
  land, 
  earth. 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  are 
  few 
  but 
  the 
  song 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  father 
  

   and 
  mother 
  of 
  the 
  children 
  speaking 
  together 
  after 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  their 
  

   children, 
  recalling 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  before 
  this 
  strange 
  experience 
  they 
  

   had 
  traveled 
  together 
  but 
  now 
  they 
  were 
  to 
  follow 
  other 
  ("those") 
  

   paths 
  over 
  the 
  earth, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  

   mysterious 
  stranger. 
  That 
  there 
  was 
  grief 
  in 
  facing 
  the 
  change 
  is 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  term 
  leutha, 
  "wife," 
  which, 
  as 
  already 
  ex- 
  

   plained, 
  was 
  never 
  used 
  except 
  in 
  great 
  sorrow, 
  as 
  at 
  death. 
  

  

  At 
  the. 
  conclusion 
  of 
  this 
  song 
  the 
  lodge 
  of 
  the 
  "youngest 
  son" 
  

   arose 
  and 
  went 
  out 
  first; 
  then 
  followed 
  the 
  lodge 
  of 
  the 
  "daughter," 
  

   next 
  the 
  lodge 
  of 
  the 
  "second 
  son," 
  then 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  "eldest 
  son," 
  

   and 
  finally 
  the 
  u'zhu. 
  

  

  In 
  olden 
  times 
  a 
  sweat 
  bath 
  was 
  obligatory 
  in 
  washing 
  off 
  the 
  

   paint 
  but 
  now 
  it 
  is 
  removed 
  with 
  warm 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  eight 
  songs 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  lodge 
  of 
  the 
  "eldest 
  son" 
  

   and 
  afford 
  a 
  fair 
  sample 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  society. 
  Three 
  are 
  of 
  

   the 
  slow 
  class, 
  "rest 
  songs;" 
  that 
  is, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  movement 
  when 
  they 
  

   are 
  sung. 
  A 
  song 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  always 
  preceded 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  fast 
  songs, 
  

   during 
  which 
  the 
  dramatic 
  movement 
  about 
  the 
  lodge 
  took 
  place, 
  

   the 
  members 
  "shooting" 
  one 
  another. 
  There 
  is 
  one 
  special 
  song 
  in 
  

   this 
  group 
  (no. 
  S) 
  which 
  is 
  sung 
  only 
  when 
  the 
  thunder 
  is 
  first 
  heard 
  

   after 
  the 
  winter 
  season. 
  As 
  the 
  regular 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  are 
  

   not 
  held 
  during 
  the 
  spring, 
  this 
  song 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  classed 
  with 
  those 
  

   usually 
  sung 
  at 
  a 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  society, 
  when 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   seven 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  group 
  could 
  be 
  sung 
  while 
  the 
  drum 
  was 
  

   with 
  this 
  lodge. 
  Of 
  the 
  songs 
  here 
  given 
  some 
  are 
  evidently 
  old, 
  others 
  

   are 
  modern 
  — 
  at 
  least, 
  not 
  quite 
  a 
  hundred 
  years 
  old. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  noted 
  

   in 
  the 
  explanation 
  of 
  these 
  songs 
  that 
  throughout 
  the 
  story 
  and 
  prac- 
  

   tices 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  there 
  runs 
  a 
  double 
  thread, 
  the 
  dramatization 
  of 
  

   the 
  story 
  itself 
  and 
  a 
  suggestion 
  of 
  the 
  dual 
  forces 
  whose 
  conjunc- 
  

   tion 
  brings 
  about 
  living 
  forms. 
  The 
  circle 
  of 
  life 
  is 
  also 
  presented; 
  

   its 
  beginning, 
  birth, 
  is 
  in 
  mystery 
  and 
  it 
  returns 
  to 
  the 
  mystery 
  of 
  

   death. 
  The 
  magic 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  beliefs 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  is 
  well 
  brought 
  

   out 
  in 
  songs 
  nos. 
  3, 
  6, 
  and 
  7. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  difficulty 
  and 
  expense 
  of 
  obtaining 
  material 
  of 
  

   this 
  character, 
  no 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  three 
  lodges. 
  The 
  ritual 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  secret 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  a 
  regular 
  meeting 
  are 
  practically 
  complete, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   customs 
  and 
  usages 
  of 
  the 
  society. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  

   the 
  other 
  lodges 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  here 
  given. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  

   some 
  phase 
  of 
  t 
  lie 
  story 
  or 
  the 
  beliefs 
  may 
  be 
  emphasized 
  in 
  one 
  lodge 
  

   more 
  than 
  in 
  another 
  but 
  the 
  general 
  scope 
  is 
  practically 
  as 
  here 
  

   presented. 
  

  

  