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  The 
  following 
  songs, 
  recorded 
  from 
  various 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  society, 
  

   give 
  the 
  peculiar 
  rhythm 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  that 
  belong 
  to 
  

   the 
  Pebble 
  society. 
  The 
  first 
  has 
  been 
  selected 
  as 
  giving 
  the 
  general 
  

   theme 
  or 
  motive 
  in 
  its 
  simplest 
  form. 
  The 
  other 
  songs 
  show 
  how 
  

   this 
  motive 
  has 
  been 
  treated 
  without 
  sacrificing 
  the 
  peculiar 
  rhythm. 
  

   These 
  songs 
  were 
  sung 
  as 
  the 
  members 
  moved 
  about 
  the 
  lodge 
  waving 
  

   their 
  eagle-feather 
  fans 
  and 
  "shooting" 
  the 
  pebble, 
  the 
  magic 
  power 
  

   of 
  which 
  caused 
  the 
  one 
  "shot" 
  to 
  fall 
  rigid 
  as 
  the 
  pebble 
  was 
  

   supposed 
  to 
  strike 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  -g 
  — 
  g 
  — 
  

  

  -*-»— 
  P— 
  r 
  

  

  -* 
  g 
  &- 
  . 
  

  

  Hu 
  wi-bthethohothe-keatha...Hu 
  wi-bthethohothe-ke 
  atha... 
  the-ke 
  a-tha 
  ho 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Hit 
  wibihe, 
  I 
  have 
  told 
  you; 
  tho, 
  end 
  of 
  sen- 
  

   tence; 
  ho, 
  vowel 
  prolongation 
  ; 
  theke 
  atha, 
  here 
  it 
  lies; 
  ho, 
  vowel 
  

   prolongation. 
  

  

  =F 
  

  

  *=t 
  

  

  Moo-thi" 
  tha- 
  the 
  he 
  shu-tha-the 
  the 
  he 
  nioMhi 
  11 
  tha 
  - 
  the 
  

  

  he 
  

  

  shu-tha-the 
  the 
  lie 
  

  

  3 
  " 
  -i*- 
  •&- 
  

   a 
  shu-tha 
  the 
  lie 
  shn-tha-the 
  the 
  he 
  

  

  mo" 
  thi" 
  tha 
  - 
  the 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Mo 
  n 
  , 
  arrow; 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  moving; 
  thathe, 
  I 
  send; 
  he, 
  

   vowel 
  prolongation; 
  shuthath 
  . 
  I 
  send 
  to 
  yon 
  ; 
  the, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence 
  ; 
  he 
  

   vowel 
  prolongation. 
  In 
  this 
  song 
  the 
  pebble 
  is 
  compared 
  to 
  the 
  swift- 
  

   moving 
  arrow. 
  

  

  The-thua-ti 
  no 
  n 
  -zhi 
  n 
  ho°-tho° 
  tha-the 
  tha 
  ha 
  the 
  - 
  thu 
  a-ti 
  no°-zhi 
  n 
  

  

  ho 
  n 
  -tho 
  n 
  tha- 
  tin; 
  tha 
  ha 
  ho 
  n 
  -tlio 
  n 
  tha-the 
  tha 
  - 
  ha 
  ho"- 
  1 
  ho" 
  tha- 
  the 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  S^ 
  

  

  tha 
  ha 
  ho" 
  -tho" 
  tha-the 
  tha 
  ha 
  ho^-tho" 
  tha-the 
  tha- 
  ha 
  

  

  