84 THE HAKO, A PAWNEK CEREMONY [kth. ann. 22 



317 Ila! fhih werecliih kifta witit. 



lux! beliold! 



chih, the last sj'llal)le i)f wcrecliih, a pai-ty. 



verecliih, an organized group of persons, a party. 



kitta, summit of a mountain or hill. 



witit, to sit down, to ivsl. 



318 Ha! Whaku wereehih kitta- witit. See lines 3ir), :!17. 



Expluniitioii hi/ fJie Ki('rnh\is 



The first stanza is sung wlion we who ;irc traveling see in tlie dis- 

 tance the top of a mountain or liill rising above the horizon. Tlie 

 Ku'rahus calls the attention of the peojile and bids them look at the 

 mountain that lies in the i)a1h before them. "We sing tlie next stanza 

 as we are about to climb the mountaiji. Tlie tliird stanza is sung 

 when the party reaches the top of the mountain. While the people 

 are sitting down to rest on the summit we sing the fourth stanza. 



As a ITako part}- does not now go in a direction where there are moun- 

 tains and hills, they do not sing these songs on the journe>'. They 

 are generally sung in the lodge of the Son. 



SONG TO THE MESAS 



TForr/.s' and 3Iusir 

 M. M. Melody. J =58. 

 M. M. Drum. \= 116. 

 • — Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



i^^-5^1^^fei-^EEES=^ 



lia-re wi - tu; lia - re \vi - tu; lia- 



Dnim.2 i , i , «*<< i t m » k t i m 



BalUes.H L— : L—' ' [ L— J L=J L— _ 



lE^SE^^5£fegfc^!^^E^3^^^35i3ES^i-^ 



re \\'\ - tu; Ha - re wi - tu; lia- re \vi - tu; ha -re wi - tu. 



319 Ho-o-o-o-o: 



320 Hare witn; liarn witu; liarr witu: Imre witu; 



321 Hare witu; liare witu; bare "nntu. 



II 



322 Ho-o-o-u-o! 



323 Ha rha witu; ha rha witu; lia rha witu; ha rlia witii; 



324 Ha rha witu; lia rha witu; ha rlia \^^tu. 



111 



325 Ho-o-o-o-o 1 



326 Hare wawe; hare wawe; hare wawe; liare wawe; 



327 Hare wawe; liare wawe; hare wawe. 



IV 



328 Ho-o-o-o-o! 



329 Ha rha wawe; ha rlia wawe; ha rlia wawe; lia rha wawe; 



330 Ha rha wawe; ha rha wawe; ha rha wawe. 



