KLETCHER] SIXTH KITUAL, PART I 91 



Ea-pla)icdii)n hij Ihe Kii' r<thiis 



In 1his stanza wo speak of the messenger as "ni\' own chilil "' (1 i hao), 

 because he represents the Son, to M'hom we are b^ing led by Mother 

 Corn. Althouuli tlie man who is the Son is not and can not be of an.y 

 blood kinshij:) to ns, yet by tlie power of tlie sacred objects in Ihis 

 ceremony lie is to be made as our own cliild, as our offspring, we are 

 to be bound to liini l)j- a tie as unalterable as that which exists between 

 father and son. So we sing', "]S[y own cliild, my offspring, is sitting 

 here." 



When ^^•e sing "Tiwe rakiishe hawa. ti luio," we are thinking that 

 our child lias again said ''I am I'eady." 



'Fi-diishil Hill (if Hifiiiid Stanza 



359 llo-o-o-o! An inti-oduetory exclamation. 

 3G0 Tiwe riata ti hao. 



tiwe, here. ^ 



riata, he walking. 



ti, my. 



hao, my own child. 

 301 See line :Jf,i). 



362 Tiwe riata hawa ti iiao. 



tiwe, here. 



riata, he walking. 



hawa, again. 



ti, my. 



liao, my own cliild. 



363 See line 360. 



364 Tiwe riata. See line ;>i'iO. 



E-rpla nation hij tla Ivii' rahiis 



The i^ack containing tlie clothing provided for this representative 

 of the Sou is now opened. After the messenger lias finished eating 

 he is dressed in the new clothing. 



We clothe him because that is an act which marks the care of a 

 father for his child. The garments we put upon him are fiiu^ and 

 embroidered; these fine and carefully made garments show that we 

 have been thinking of him, that v.-e regard him highly and wish to do 

 him honor. 



After tlie messenger is clot lied he walks toward the village; we fol- 

 low, walking slowly and singing the second stanza. The words ti^ll 

 that the Son is walking before us and that we again are walking 

 toward the lodge of the Son. 



Just before we reach the A-illage we halt and sing the next song. 



