96 THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth. Ann. 22 



ExjjlanaUoii hi/ the Kitrahus 



The words of this stanza lueiin that Kawas is now moving at the 

 entrauoe way and is about to enter, carrying the promise of the powers 

 above, a promise which makes the heart of man thankful. 



We sing this stanza four times, remembering tlie powers of the four 

 dii-ections. 



Tlien the Ku'rahus and his assistant advance four steps into tlie 

 entranceway and pause while tlie fourth staiiza is sving. 



Translation of Fniirtli ,Stauza 



'39^ Ho-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 

 31t4 Kawas i ra koka, ri! 



Kawas, the name given to the lu'own eagle in this ceremony. 



i, it. 



ra, moving. 



koka, entered. 



ri, pai't of nawairi, an expi'essioii of Ihankfulness. 

 395, 396 See line 304. 

 307 We ra koka, ri! 



we, it has. 



ra koka, ri. See line 3!t-t. 

 398 See line 304. 



Explanation by the Ku'rahus 



The words of this stanza mean that Kawas has entered the passage, 

 way of the lodge bearing the promise that makes the heart thankful — . 

 the promise of life from the powers above. 



After singing this stanza four times, the Ku'rahus and his assistant 

 step back outside the lodge door and take their places at either side 

 of the chief bearing the ear of corn. 



Tlie three together now a<lvance to the threshold, and the Ku'rahus 

 tells the chief to go forward and keep a step in advance. The Ku'ra- 

 hus and his assistant carrying the feathered stems follow the chief, 

 and behind them walk the two doctors with the eagle wings. 



The five men walk slowly and silently down the long entrance waj^ 

 When the chief reaches the ridge at the inner door of the passageway, 

 he steps over it into the lodge and pauses. Mother Corn is the first 

 to enter the lodge. The Ku'rahus and his assi-stant follow and take 

 their places, the Ku'rahus on the left of the chief, the assistant on the 

 right. Next the doctors step in; the one with the left wing goes to 

 the left of the Ku'rahus, and the other with the right wing to the right 

 hand of the assistant. The five men, now abreast, walk slowly around 

 the lodge, going by the south, west, and north to the east, while they 

 sing the first stanza of the following song four times. They move in 

 step, keeping close together, the chief with the ear of corn just a little 

 forward of the line. As they sing they sway the feathered stems, the 

 ear of corn, and the eagle wings. 



