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N'l -KI \Vl -GI-ES 



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The fifth song is also given by Sho°'-ge-mo"-i" in his No"'-zhi"-zho° 

 ritual, in the Wa-tsi'-a-dsi group. It refers to certain eeremonial acts 

 to be ])erf(irine(l by the candiihite should he ever be chosen as a war 

 leader and return triumphant from a war expedition. The meaning 

 of thes(> two songs will be explained in detail in the Vigil Rituals 

 in another volume to be ])ublished later. 



Song 5 



Transcribed by Alice C Fletcher 



M.M. 



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TTnio lieats " <" f '* f i 



Da the the da we the sho-the the da we ni 



r r 



da ho, 



Da the the da we the sho-the the da we ni 



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da ha, 





Da the the da we the 



sho-the the da we ni 



da. 



Da the the da we the sho-the the da we ni da ho. 

 Da the the da we the sho-the the da we ni da ha, 

 Da the tlio da we the sho-the the da we ni da. 



The sixth and last song in this ritual belongs to the class of songs 

 called I'-ki Wa-tho", the meaning of which is explained on page 300. 

 Oidy the words ''My feet, legs, body, arms, head, and mouth" are 

 intelligible. The rest of the words composing the song are disguised, 

 and thus rendered unrecognizable. 



This class of songs refers not only to the initiating gens in the cere- 

 mony and the mythic origin of all the gentes of the tribe, but they 

 also refer to the warriors as an organized body, which is here and 

 elsewhere in the tribal rites likened to a man perfect in all his physical 

 structure and capable of putting to effective use all his strength. 



