98 THK HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth. ans. 22 



Explanation by the Ku' ralius 



The words of the first stauza mean that Mother Corn breathing 

 life is now walking in the lodge. We sing this stanza four times, 

 remembering the four directions where the paths are down whioh the 

 powers descend to man. 



When we have passed entirely around tlie lodge and reached tlie 

 east, we begin the second stanza and sing it four times as we make the 

 second circuit around the lodge. 



The words tell that Mother Corn lias walked within tlie lodge, 

 lii'inging the promise of life. 



After a short pause at the east the five men turn again t.owai-d the 

 soutli and begin a third circuit of the lodge. Tliis time the cliief with 

 the ear of corn falls back into line with the Ku'rahus and his assistant, 

 who bear the feathered stems, and, as they walk, sing the following 

 song: 



SECOND SONG 



Wiirils <ni(l Jl/(/.s-/r 

 M. M. ^N = 126. 

 • = Pulsation of tlie voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tnc.T. 



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Ho-o-ol Ka-was te-wi ka-we he-ra ti ra - o; Ka-was te-wi ka - we 



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he-ra ti ra - o; Ka-was te- wi ka - we he-ia ti ra - o. 



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409 Ho-o-o! 413 Ho-o-o! 



410 Kawas tewi kawe hera ti rao; 414 Kawas tewi kire hera ti rao; 



411 Kawas tewi kawe hera ti rao; 415 Kawas tewi kire hera ti rao; 

 41'2 Kawas tewi kawe hera ti rao. 41C Kawas tewi kire hera ti rao. 



Translatioii uf Firat Stanza 



409 Ho-o-o! An introductory exclanuition. 



410 Kawas tewi kawe hera ti rao. 



Kawas, the name given to the brown eagle in this ceremony. 



Kawas represents the female and the beneficent powers, 

 tewi, hovering, with a slow circling movement, 

 kawe, a composite word, meaning within the lodge, 

 hera, my. 



ti, possessive pronoun, 

 rao, part of the word pirao, child. 

 411.412 See line 410. 



