FLETCHEH] FIFTEENTH RITUAL, PART II 19? 



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973 Wetati t-liiri wakari piran ta hao: 



974 Wetati cliiri wakari piran ta hao: 



975 Wetati chiri wakari piran ta liao: 



976 Wetati c-liiri wakari piran ta liao: 



977 Wetati chiri wakari jiiran ta hao: 



978 Wetati chiri wakari piran ta hao. 



Trdiislatioii 

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000 Ho-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 

 967 Kakati chiri wakari pirau Tiraa. 



kakati, I do not. 



cliiri, a part of titichiri, to know. 



wakari, a modified form of wakow, voice, witU the pluial sii^n, 

 ri;" the word wakari refer.s to chanted prayens. 



piran, children; a general term. 



Tiraa, a modificatioii of Tira'wa, the mighty power. 

 968-972 See line 907. 



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973 Wetati chiri wakari piran ta hao. 



wetati, I now. 



chiri, know. See line 967. 



Avakari, chanted prayers. See line 967. 



pirau, children. 



ta, my. 



hao, offspring; my own son or child. 

 974-978 See line 973. 



Explanation hij ihe Ku'rnhns. 



The old men who made these songs so long ago thought much upon 

 Tira'wa atius and they jn-ayed to him out on the hills nights and days 

 at a time. They observed all the sacred ceremonies, for they knew 

 that the rites were given to help the people. This Hako ceremony 

 was given by the great power. The old men were careful in teaching 

 its songs to those who were to come after them, and they explained 

 their meaning. I am singing these songs and explaining them .just 

 as they were taught me, and as they had been handed down to the 

 Ku'rahns who gave them to me. I did not make them." 



This song is very old and this is tlie story that came with it: 



«Tlie recording of this ceremony occupied several weelcs in each of four years, and the reiter- 

 ations of the Ku'rahus as to the fidelity of his communications were not apparent to him. They 

 were natural expressions of his earnestness and his desire to be faithful. I have deemed it best 

 to follow my original notes, giving these reiterations just as they were made. 



