64 THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth. axx. 22 



184 Hiru ra hiri ra wa, }iiru ra wa hiri: 



185 Hii-ii ra hiri ra wa. him ra wa. hiri ra wa. hiri ra wa. Hel 



186 HirTi ra hi ra wa liiri: 



187 Hiru ra hiri ra wa. him ra wa. He! 



Tr<(Uf:lafioii 



184 Hiru ra hiri ra wa, hiru ra wa liiri. 



hiru; iru, they yonder; the li is prefixed for euphony and to 



give ease in singing. 

 I'a, coming. 



hiri; iri, they who are far away; the h is prefixed for euphony, 

 ra, moving, moving tliis waj'. 



wa, part of the word teware, passing througli tlie air. 

 hiru, they yonder; the h is for euphony, 

 ra, coming. 



wa, from teware, darting througli the air. 

 hii'i, they who are far away; the h is used for euphony. 



185 Iliru r;i liiri ra wa, hiru ra wa, hiri ra wa, hiri ra wa. He! 



hiru ra hiri ra wa, hiru ra wa, hiri ra wa. See line 184. 

 hel a part of the exclamation i'harel meaning I think upon 

 and consider the signiticance of (the act which accompanies 

 the song); the change of the r to h is for euphony. 

 18(i Hiru ra hi ra wa hiri. 



hiru ra. See line 184. 



hi, part of the word hiri, translated above, 

 ra wa hiri. See line 184. 

 187 Hiru ra hiri ra wa, hiru ra wa. He! All the words are trans- 

 lated above. See lines 184 and 185. 



Explutiatiiiii III/ fill Kii'roliiis 



This song is addressed to Tii-a'wa atius. He is the father of all and 

 all things come from him. We pray in our hearts as we sing. We 

 ask 'J'ira'wa to watch over the Ku'rahus, to guide his acts and to guard 

 his words so that he may make no mistake and the ceremony may lie 

 complete. From the east the flashes of the eyes of Tira'wa come dart- 

 ing through the air upon us and upon the sacred objects. 



We sing this song four times and then take sixteen steps to the 

 east; there we turn and face the west, the people all behind us. 



As we stand and look toward the west we remember that it is there 

 that the f(nir lesser powers dwell who were permitted by Tira'wa atius 

 to bring life to man. These powers also control the thunder, the 

 lightning, the sti)rin, and death. 



We sing the first stanza of the following song to them eight times. 



