FLETCHER] THIRTEENTH RITUAL, PART IV 175 



833 Ha! Wiri aha ha rawe we. 



ha! wiri; behold! it is. 



aha, a part of kiwaliaru, a pond, a small body of water. 



ha, a part of iha're, young; refers to tlie young of the duck. 



rawe, living in. 



we, they. 



834 See line 831. 



Explatiation by the Ku'ralius 



The words of this .song about the duck are few, and if the story had 

 not come down to us from the fathers, we should not know all that 

 the song means. 



The duck has great power. The story tells us about this power. 



Long ago wlien the feathered stems were being made, the hol.y man 

 who was preparing these sacred objects had a dream. In Ids vision 

 the duck with the green neck appeared and said to him: 



"I desire to have a place upon the feathered stem, for I have power 

 to help the Children. This is my power: I la.y my eggs near the water 

 and, when the j'oung are hatched, straightway thej' can swim ; the 

 water can not kill them. When they are grown thej'^ can go, flying 

 througli the air, from one part of the earth to the other. No place is 

 sti'ange to them; they never lose their way; thej' can travel over the 

 water without harm and reach safelj^ their destination. They can 

 walk upon the land and find the springs and streams. I am an uner- 

 ring guide. I know all paths below on the earth, and on the water and 

 above in the air. Put me on the featliered stem where it is grasped by 

 the hand, that the Children may take hold of me and not go astray." 



When the holy man awoke, he did as the duck had told him, and 

 so to this day we put the duck with the green neck on the feathered 

 stem where it is held by the hand. 



This is the meaning of the song. 



THE SONG OF THE OWIi 



Words and Music 

 M. M. ^N = 1fis. 



• — Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. 



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He! Hi - ri \va - )io - nil Hi, hi - ri w:i - ho - nil 



Drvm. i.'tmimtmim i t i , i 



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