72 THE HAKO, A* PAWNEE CEKEMONY [eth. ann.22 



Translation of First Stanza 



224 IIo-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



225 Ra rihi u hawa ratira e. 



ra, at a distance; yonder. 



rihi, a place; a locality. 



u, a particular place. 



hawa, Avhenee; from where. 



ratira, I came. 



e, vowel prolongation to meet the rhymth of the music. 



226 See line 225. 



227 Hawa-a ra rihi u hawa I'atira e. 



hawa, whence; from where, 

 a, vowel prolongation, 

 ra rihi u hawa ratira e. See line 225. 

 228, 229 See line 225. 



Explanation hij the Ku'raJius 



When this song is to be sung, the Ku'rahus bids all the j)eople go in 

 front of him, then he and they all turn and face tlie west, and look 

 toward the lodge of the Father within which thepreliminarj^ ceremonies 

 have been performed, and before the enti'ance of which the powers 

 have looked on the elevated sacred objects and ui^on all the people. 



In this song Mother Corn is speaking of the place whence she came 

 when slie was consecrated according to the rites given to our fathers. 

 She led our fathers and she leads us now, because she was born of 

 Mother Eai'th and knows all places and all people, and because she 

 has on her the sign (the blue-paint symbol) of having been np to 

 Tira'wahut, where x>ower was given her over all creatures. Slxe also 

 is speaking of the path over which hei- spirit led our spirits when we 

 were traveling in search of the Son." 



Translation of Second Stanza 



330 llo-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



331 Ti rihi u hawa ratira e; 



ti, this. 



rihi u hawa ratira e. See line 225. 

 3.32 See line .331. 



333 Ilawa-a ti rilii u hawa ratira e. See lines 225, 227, and 331. 

 334, 335 See line 331. 



Explanation bijthe Ku'rahus 



As we sing the second stanza, the Ku'ralius points along the path 

 we have already traveled under the leadership of Mother Corn. 



This act and the song are to impress upon the peojjle that they 



a See first ritual, second ritual, and fourth ritual. 



