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THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEKEMONY 



[ETH. ANN. 22 



When the talk. is over the feathered stems are taken np and we 

 sing the following song, which pr(>figures tlie joy that is coining to 

 the peojile. 



SONG 



TT^V'/v/.s (111(1 ^[(islc 



M. M. ^N-IOS. 



• — Pulsation of the yoice. 

 No drum. ^ 



Transcribed by Edwin 8. Tracv. 





Ho-0-o-ol We-re ko-sha ho sha wi-ki ri - ra; We-re ko-slia hn-slia wi-kl ri-ra: 



^^^l;^i^^ 



Ko - slia ho - sha wi - ki ri - ra; 



I 



896 Ho-o-o-ol 



897 Were kosha }iosha wiki i-ira: 



898 Were kosha liosha wiki rira: 



899 Kosha hosha wiki rira: 



900 Were kosha hosha wiki rira. 



II 



901 Ho-o-o-o! 



902 Wera kosha hoshta wiki rira; 

 908 Wera kosha hoshta wiki rira: 



904 Kosha hoslita wiki rira: 



905 Wera kosha lioshta wiki rira. 



Ill 



90(5 Ho-o-o-ol 



907 Wera kishpa hosha wiki rira; 



908 Wera kishpa liosha wiki rira: 



909 Kishpa lioslia wiki rira: 



910 Wera kishpa hosha wiki rira. 



We - re ko - sha ho - sha wi - ki ri - ra. 



IV 



911 Ho-o-o-o! 



912 Wetn kishpa hoshta wiki rira: 



913 Wetu kislipa hoshta wiki rira: 



914 Kishpa lioslita wiki rira: 



91.5 Wetir kishpa hoshta wiki rira. 



V 



916 Ho-o-o-ol 



917 Were kaksha hosha wiki rira: 



918 Were kaksha hosha wiki rira: 



919 Kaksha hosha wiki rira: 



920 Were kaksha hosha wiki rira. 



VI 



921 Ho-o-u-o! 



922 Wetu kakslia hosha wiki rira; 



923 Wetu kakslia hosha wiki rira: 



924 Kaksha hosha wiki rira: 



925 Wetu kaksha hosha wiki rira. 



Trdiishiiidii iif First Stanza 



•6'M 



llo-o-o-o! Au introductory exclamation 

 807 Were kosha liosha wiki rira. 

 were, thej'. 



kosha, a flock of birds, 

 hosha, a comi^osite word; ho, coming; sha, part of kosha,' 



flock, 

 wiki, a desci'iptive term indicating the maunei' of tliglit; the 

 birds do not move in a straight line or course; they waver 

 from one side to the otlier, now higher, now lower, 

 rira, coming. 

 See line 897. 

 Kosha hosha wiki rira. See line 897. 



898 

 899 



900 See line 897 



