FLETCHER] 



FIRST RITUAL, PART II 



41 



The Kii ralius lakes ten IValhcrs from llie tail of tlie brown ('a,tj;U^ 

 and prejiarcs them so tlial they can be tied upon one of the stems. A 

 buckskin thong is lun througli a hole punctured near the end of 

 the quills and jinolher is threaded through the quills, about the middle 

 of their lengtli, so tliat upon tliese two tliongs the feathers can be 

 spread like a fan. To the end of the thongs ai-e fasteniMl litll(> balls 

 of white down, laken from inside the thigh of the white male eagle. 

 These balls of down represent the reproductive power. \\'li(>n the 

 fan-like appendage is completed it is tied to the side of the blue- 

 painted stem, so that, it can swing when the stem is waved, to simulate 

 the nuivements of an eagle. 



Wlien the Ku'rahus takes from lh<' man on his left, towai'd tlui 

 north, the blue-painted stem and attaches to it the fan-like pendant 

 made of the feathers of the brown eagle, we give thanks in our hearts 

 as the following song is sung. 



THIRD SONG 



II ^(inJs (I III! ^Ilisic 

 M. M. ^ = V2(i. 

 • = Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed br Edwin S. Tracy. 



— ^-g ^ ■-- — c =»•-•;:* -»^^—«r—^i :^ai — m • m-' 



Ha-a-a-a-al Ka - was we-rit-ta we - re rit- la we -re; Ka - was wc- rit- 



i.™7u.|s» • p •_: j r t r t r Lj t ' Lj '. ' 



=qsi?-S= 



Cjj—^ -;; 9—^0 W-^0—m 



ta we- re rit- ta we -re; 



U 1-! Lj L. 



Ka - was we - rit - ta we • 



' LJ t-! LJ 



re rit - ta we - re. 



t I - I 



78 Ha-a-a-a-rt! 



79 Kawas weritta'were ritta were: 

 SO Kawa.s weritta were ritta were; 

 81 Kawas weritta were ritta were. 



Tni iishtl ion 



78 Ha-a-a-a-a! -Vn inlroductoiy exclamation to the song. 

 70 Kawas weritta were ritta wci-e. 



Kawas, the name given to lhi> lirown eagle in this ceremony. The 

 common luinie for this bii-d is letahkots katlt; letahkots, 

 eagle; katit, dai-k or brown. 



weritta, now hung. 



were, ati this or llial panicular lime. 



ritta, an abbreviated fi)rni of weritta, now hung. 



were, at this time. 

 80, 81 See line 7'.i. 



