FLETCHER] 



FOURTH RITUAL 



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We do this that Tira'wa and all the lesser powers — the Winds, the 

 Siiu, the Earth, and the four at the west which control the storm — 

 maj^ see that all is complete and ready for the ceremony. 



It is all done in silence before tlie day dawns. No song is sung 

 when we put the objects on the pole and raise it nor when we 

 take it down and remove thtMii. We must let them stay up there f(jr 

 some time in order that all the powers may surely see that everything 

 is correct, so the sun is well up when the Ku'rahus goes out to the 

 pole, lowers it, and removes the sacred objects and carries them into 

 the lodge and puts them on the holy place. 



Part II. Mother Corn Assumes Leadership 



E-r^iIcniafioi) hy the Ku'rahus 



As I told you before, the Ku'rahus at the beginning of the ceremony 

 anointed himself with the sacred ointment and fastened upon his head 



EAST 

 1 —I 



Fig. 173. Diagram of the Father's lodge during the singing of the first stanza of the song of the 



fourth ritual, part ii. 



1, the entrance to the lodge; 2. the fireplace: 3, inner posts supporting the dome-shaped roof; 

 4, the holy place; ,5. the Ku'rahus; 6, his assistant: 7. the bearers of the eagle wings: f, the Father 

 (a chief): 9, the second chief; 10, members of the Hako party. 



