FLETCHER] FOURTH RITUAL 63 



E.rphmafion Jnj the Ku' rahvs 



We sing this stanza four times, talcing a step at each repeat, the two 

 chiefs leading with 3I()fher Corn and the sacred pipe. 



As we sing we think that Mother breathing forth life, who has come 

 out of the past, lias now started to lead ns on the journey we are to 

 take and to the fulfilment of our desire that children may be given 

 us, that generations may not fail in the future, and that the tie may 

 be made strong between the Father and the Son. 



After this song the six men walk slowly toward the entrance to the 

 lodge, going by the north, and all the others follow. 



Part III. Thf. Hakd Party Presented to the Powers 



Ea'planatioii hij ihe Ku'ralius 



When the Ilako party are all outside of the door of the lodge, the six 

 men stand abreast, the doctor with the left wing of the eagle to 

 the north, on his right the Ku'rahus, then the principal chief, then 

 the second chief, then the Ku'rahus's assistant, and the doctor witli the 

 right wing of the eagle at the end of the line toward the south. 



..\t the word of the Ku'rahus the six men bearing the saci-ed objects 

 advance aljreast toward the east. The men of tlie Ilako party fall in 

 behind and are followed by the women. When all have walked for- 

 ward a little way, the six men halt and sing the following song. 



As the party sings the Ku'rahus lifts and points his feathered stem 

 toward the east; the assistant does the same with his feathered stem; 

 the chief makes the same movement with the wildcat skin, from the 

 head of which protrudes the ear of corn ; the second chief offers the 

 stem of the pipe, and the two doctors hold up their eagle wings. 



FIRST SONG 



Words and Music 



• = Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed l>y Edwin S. Tracr. 



Slov) ad lib. ^^^^ ■ ' :< 



Hi-ru ra lii - ri ra \va, Iii - ru ra wa lii-ri; Hi-rii ra lii - ri ra wa, 



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Iii - ru ra wa, lii-ri ra wa, lii-ri ra wa. He! Hi-ru ra hi ra wa 



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