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THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY 



[ETIT. ANN. 22 



SONG 



JVonls (ukJ Music 



M. M.J =58. 



= Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



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IIa-:i-a a! Ka-ra wi-tit? Ka-ra wi-tit? Ka-ra wi-tit? Ka-ra \vi-t!t? Ka-ra wi-tit? 



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Ka - ra e? Ka-ra wi-tit?Ka-ra wi-tit? Ka-ra wi-tit? Ka-ra 



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484 Ha-a-a-al 



485 Kara witit? Kara witit? Kara ^^•itit? Kara •witit? Kara witif/ Kara e? 



486 Kara witit? Kara \\'itit? Kara witit? Kara e? 



487 Ha-a-a-al 



488 Hara witit: liara witit; liara -nitit: liara witit; liara \vitit: bara el 



489 Hara witit; hara witit; liara witit; hara el 



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484 Ha-a-a-a! An introductory exclamation. 



4X0 Kara witit? Kara witit? Kara witit? Kara witit? Kara witit? 

 Kara e? 



kara? has it? a ([iiest ion. 



witit, sat down or lit upon (its nest). The iteration of the 

 words follow tlie pit-ture made bj' the niovenients of the 

 feathered stems as they are waved now lower and now- 

 higher over the cat skin, simulating the eagle as she pre- 

 pares to alight on her nest, 

 e, a vocable to fill out the measure of the music. 

 Kara witit? Kara witit? Kara witit? Kara e? See line 485. 



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487 Ila-a-a-a! An introductory exclamation. 



488 Hara witit; hara witit; hara witit; hara witit; hara witit; harae! 



hara, it lias. 



witit, sat down or alighted and settled upon (its nest). The 

 repetition of the words accompanies the movements of the 

 feathered stems as they are waved lower and lower toward 

 the cat skin. 



e, a vocable to fill out the measure of the music. 



489 Hara witit; hara witit; hara witit; harae! See line 488. 



