134 THE HAKd, A TAWNKE CEKE>I< )NY [eth.ann. 22 



OKI Pirau rati liao. 



pii'ao, child, a general term, aiiyhody's child. 



rati, a part of the word liirali, my. 



hao, iny own child. 

 617 Ti kiri ka. Ha! Wita licsiial 



ti kii-i ka. See line 614. 



hal behold! 



wita, coming. 



hesha, a j)art of liic word lalK'.'^ha, dayli.niit. 



E.vphtmitioii hi/ thr KiirnJins 



Wiiile tile mcssengei-s are uiiiiin' fi-om one lodge 1o another toa wake 

 the i^eople and bid them come to the lodge where the ceremony is 

 being performed, we sing this .second stanza. 



It tells that the Son, now become as our own offspring, has gone 

 forth to awake the Children, wlio have heard his call, and now. lieliold ! 

 they come forth to look upon the liu'ht of <lay. 



This stanza is sung four times. 



EIjEVEXTH KITIAI. (SE('(iNr> DAV). THE MALE ELEMENT INVOKED 

 P.\KT L C'HA.NT To THK SUX 



ExphMuilinii 111/ /III Kn'riiJiiis 



On tliis, the second day of the ceremony, wc remember our father 

 the Sun. The sun comes directly from Tira'wa atius, and whoever is 

 touched l)y the first vays of the sun in the morning receives new life 

 and strength which have been brought straight f I'om the power above. 

 'I'he lirst rays of the sun are like a young man, they have not yet 

 si)ent their force or grown old, so, to 1)e touched by tliem is to receive 

 an accession of strength. 



Tlie door of the lodge wiiere the ceremony is iierfornicd must face 

 the east, so that the first rays of the sun can enter and reach the 

 C'hildren. I ]>elieve that as we sing this song and as the first rays 

 touch the Children they will receive help and strength. I was told by 

 my i)reilecessor that it would lie so, and he was taught by tliose ^^•ho 

 ha<l rec(dved the knowledge from the fathers ; therefore I tell the same 

 to the Children. All the time I am singing this song I remember the 

 Sun, liie Moon, the Stars, the Corn; all tliese were made by Tira wa 

 jitins. and 1 ask them to give us success and plenty; success in hunt- 

 ing; and in war; plenty of food, of children, and of liealth. 'I'he Sun, 

 tile .Moon, the Sfai-s, the Corn, are powerful. 



The ChildreiL who have been aroused by the juessengers of the Son, 

 gather at the lodge before tlie sun is n\). They must be there when 

 the first ray appears if they would gain its blessing. 



.Vs soon as we who are standing at the west of the lodge, looking 

 through the doorway, catch sight of the first ray of the sun on the 

 hori/.oii, we take up the Hako and move by the north to make a tii-st 

 circuit of the lodge, and sing tiu> first verse of this chant. 



