66 THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth. ann .22 



K.riihtnniidtt hi/ ihi' Kn' raliiis 



Wlieii wt' have fiiiisln'il singing tlic six iiu'u take sixteen steps liaek 

 to the place where the first song was sung as we faced the east. Then 

 they take eight steps toward tlie soiitli, wliere Miey stand facing the 

 south and sing the foUowing stan/.a, the i)eople l)eing all behind them. 



Tntn.shtlioti of Si foml Stanzd 



VJi irUraruha! lliri re! IFUraru lia! Iliri re! 



H'Uraru, the earth. 



ha! hehold! 



hiri, they far away; an address to tlie power.s of the soutii. 



re, are, in the sense of lieing, ii\'ing. 

 lOo-lOO See line 104. 



E.rjiliniiitiiiii III/ /III Kii' niliiis 



When we sing this stanza we are standing and looking towanl the 

 south. That is the iilace wliere the sun travels, where the liglit 

 conies, and the brightness of day. 



As we look we ask the powei-s of tlie soutii to give life and increase 

 to us, as well as to the seeds within Mother Eartli. 



After we have sung this stanza eight times to tlie powers of the 

 sontli, we turn and take eight steps toward the entrance of the lodge, 

 to a place just back of where we sang the tii-st song to the east; then 

 eiglit steiJS toward the north, all the peopk- following. Here, facing 

 the north, we sing the ne.xt stanza. 



Tnt nshitioii of 'J'liird Stiinzn 



2(H) II'L'raru riri wari! Il'lrarii riri wari! 



lIT'raru, the eartli. 



riri. oil. 



wari, walking. 

 l'(i1-i>o.3 .See line 200. 



E.Vphi iiilfioil hi/ /Ik I\ii' I'lilllis 



The peojile are now loolving toward tlir iiorlli, the moon, the night, 

 the inothei' of t'.ie day. 



We ask the powers of the nortli, tiiey wjio can see the path of life, 

 to lead us and make us able to walk, us and our cliildren. 



\Ve sing tliis song eight times to the powers of the north. 



Tlieii the si.x men turn sout li and take eight steps toward the cut rancc 

 of tlu^ lodge, to a point before tlie place where we sang the first song 

 to the east; there they turn and face east and walk to the place where 

 they sang to the powers of the west, and there they halt. 



'I\) all the powers of the east, west, south, and iiortli we have sung 

 and have presented ourselves. As we walked, we have traced upon 



