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



behiiul lis so that we can no longer see our homes, we halt and sing 

 the first stanza of tlie following song. 



SECOND SONG 

 J]lirils (111(1 Jf lisle 



M. iM. S=-112. 



• = Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed liy Edwin S. Tracy. 



Ho-o-o-o! Ka - ra lia-tu-ru ta? Kara lia-tn-iu ta? H'.\-ti - ra ku-hra 



U 



Battles. ?•?• 5-1 i f ' 4»i»»»»» ••? 



DEZ ^_^„^ ^ V-» — ,^-Bi— •-*-'-•— •—*■ — » a^-'^-wr-m — m •- '^° 



ha-lu - ni e? Ka-ra ha-tii - rn ta? H'A-ti - ra l<n-lira ha-tu - ru e? 



L: L-Lr U Lr U Lj U L: ^ ^ ^ i 



I 



2U) Ho-o-o-dl 



217 Kara haturti Ui'f Kara liaturn ta? 



218 H'Atira knhra hatiiru e? 



219 Kara hatnru ta? H'Atira kulira liaturii e? 



II 



230 Ho-o-o-ol 



231 Wiri haturu ta. wiri liatiirn ta: 

 222 H'Atira kuhra haturu e: 



323 Wiri hatnru ta. h'Atira Icnlira haturu e. 



TransJulioii of First Stanza 



216 llo-o-o-o! All introductory exclamation. 



217 Kara hatnru ta':' Kara haturu ta';;* 



kara, is there':' An inquiry. 



haturu, path, road, way. 



ta, a part of the word ruta, a long stretcli, as a long stretch 

 of road or of counhy. In order to make the words con- 

 foriu to the rhj'thm of the music the fiiuil syllable of 

 hatnru is made to serve as tlie first syllable of the next 

 woi-d (ruta), so only the last syllaliic, ta, is given. 



218 H'Atira kuhra haturu e':' 



h\ symliolic of tlie breath; a breatliing foi'th. 

 atira, mother. The term applies to Mother Com. 

 kuhra, hers; the owner of. 

 haturu, path, road, way. 



e, the equivalent of ta, a part of ruta. The change from la to 

 e is for euphony. 



219 Kara haturu ta'? ITAtira kuhra liaturn e'? All the words are 



translated above. See lines 217 and 218. 



E-vplanafivn by tlie Ku'i-ulnis 



Before us lies a wide i>athle.ss stretch of country. We are standing 

 alone and un;irmed, facing a land of strangers, and we call upon 



