104 THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth. ann. 22 



Explanation hy the Ku'raJms 



The words tell lis that the smoke offered l)y the Son is now passing 

 by, leaving us and going on its way to the different places where the 

 powers dwell that guard the rain. 



We sing this stanza four times as the smoke passes by us. 



Translation of Second Stanza 



431 Ho-o-o-o! An introductory e.xclamation. 



432 Rawis kaha witshpa. 



rawis, part of the word rawisu, smoke. 



kaha, part of the word kaliaru, smell, savor, odor. 



witshpa, reached, arrived at, completed. 



433 Ti weri witsh^ia rawis kaha witshpa. 



ti, he or it. 



weri; we, now; ri, is; denotes present time, 

 witshpa, has completed, reached, arrived, 

 rawis kaha witshpa. See line 432. 



434 Ti weri witshpa. See line 433. 



435 Rawis kaha witshpa ti weri witshpa. See lines 432, 433. 



436 See line 432. 



Exjilanation by tlie Ku' raltus 



As the smoke disappears we sing tlie second stanza, which tells 

 that the odor of tlic smoke has reached the abode of tiie mighty pow- 

 ers and that our offering to them is now completed. 



We sing this song four times. 



The ceremony of offering smoke over, the priest with the sacred 

 pipe of tlie Rain shrine, and the Ku'rahus with his assistant and 

 the chief, bearing the sacred objects, return to the west and there, 

 upon the space set apart and made holy, lay them down. 



The Son takes off' the fine garments with wliicli the Father has 

 clothed him and places them in a pile before a chief of his village, 

 that they may be distributed to the young men of the receiving party — 

 that is, the Cliildren. 



The lodge lias now been opened by Mother Corn and cleansed of all 

 bad influences by Kawas; the Sou, clothed as a child bj' the Father, 

 has offered prayer and smoke to tlie i^owers above; the garments worn 

 during this act have been removed and given awaj'; and now every- 

 thing is ready for the public ceremony to begin. 



