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THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY 



[ETH. ANN. 22 



the downy eagle feather (see plate xci). Now he takes the rope of 

 buffalo hair with which the sacred objects have been bound to the 

 pole, and with it ties his buffalo robe around his waist. He is now 

 fully dressed for the ceremony, and he stands at the west, back of the 

 holy j)lace. 



He anoints with the sacred ointment the face, arms, and Ijodj' of 

 his assistant, ties a down.y eagle feather on his scalp lock, ijuts a 

 buffalo robe on him in the ceremonial manner and hands him the 

 featliered stem with the white-eagle pendant; then the assistant 

 takes his position behind tlie holy place, toward the south. 



The Ku'rahus next annoints the face of the chief and fastens on 

 his head a small tuft of down taken from under the wing of an eagle. 

 T]u> chief wears his buffalo robe in the ceremonial manner. The Ku'- 

 rahus hands the wildcat slcin to the chief, who folds its head about 

 the crotched stick and the butt of the ear of corn, so that the tip to 

 which the downy eagle feather is fastened is well in sight aliove the 

 head of the cat. The skin hangs down in front of the chief as he 

 holds it with both hands bj' the neck. He takes his place back of the 

 Ku'rahus. 



The second chief, who is to assist the first, is now given the sacred 

 pipe and tobacco bag of the Rain shrine and told to stand behind the 

 Ku'rahus's assistant. 



The Ku'rahus hands the eagle wings to the doctors; the one with 

 the left wing stands to the north of the Ku'rahus, and the one with 

 the right wing takes his place to the south of the assistant. Lastly 

 the Ku'rahus takes up for himself the feathered stem with the brown- 

 eagle pendant and then, with the six men all in position (see figure 

 1731, they sing the first stanza of the following song. 



SONG 



Woi-ds and Music 



Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



H'A - ti - ra liu 



H'A • ti - ra hii 



S 4— a- 



3=*= 



i=^3= 



3£3= 



--^^33ig^=u 



we - ta. 



H'A - ti - ra Im 



we ■ ta. 



^.— .S— J— jr 



a-ri-sol H'A-ti-ra liu 



we - ta. 



J 1 1 1- 



a-ri-sol H'A-ti - ra hu 



a - n - bol 



