FLETCHER] FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH EITUALS 201 



906 Hareri. h"areri; 



997 H'areri, hare! I'hare re! 



998 H'areri. 'hare! Ihare re! H'areri: 



999 Hure-e! 



1001) H'areri. 'hare. I hare re! H'areri; 

 1001 Hure-e! 



For translation, see the first ritual, lines 72-77. 



ExpliDiution kij the Kit'rahus 



We have now made four times four circuits of tlie lodge. In the 

 first four we remembered Motlier Eartli thro>i<?h the corn. In the sec- 

 ond four we sang of the eagles, wliicli are the messengers of the pow- 

 ers above. In the third four we spoke of the prayers we send to Tira'wa 

 through this ceremony. In the last four we lifted our voices to the 

 powers themselves, the might}- power above and all tliose which are 

 with the Ilako. 



Four times four means completeness. Now all the forces above 

 and below, male and female, have l)ceu remembered and called upon 

 to be witli us in the sacred ceremonies which will take place at the 

 dawn. 



The night is nearly over wlien the last circuit is completed; then 

 the Children rise and go liome. 



SIXTEEXTH RITUAL (FIFTH DAY, DAWN) 



Part I. Seekino the Child 



ExjjJa nation hij the Ku'raluifi 



After the C'hildren have gone, tiie Fathers lie down and wait for 

 the first sign of dawn. They liave eaten nothing since tliey last fed 

 the Children slioi-tly after noon, and they must fast until the close of 

 the ceremony. 



At the first sign of dawn the Fatliers rise and, preceded by the 

 Ku'rahus with the featliered stems, the chief with the corn and wild- 

 cat skin, tlie doctors witli their eagle wings, and the singers with the 

 drum, go forth to tlie lodgi^ where the family of the Sou is living. 

 As they march they sing the following song; the words mean that the 

 Father is now seeking his child. 



The child referred to is usually a little son or daugliter of the Son, 

 the man who has received the Ilako party. Upon tliis little child we 

 are to put the signs of the promises which Mother Corn and Kawas 

 bring, the promise of children, of increase, of long life, of plenty. 

 The signs of these promises are put upon this little child, but they are 

 not merely for that particubir child but for its generation, that the 

 children already born may live, grow in strength, and in their turn 

 increase so that the familj' and the tribe may continue. 



In the absence of a littl ■ cliild of the Son an older ])crson or a mother 

 and her baby may be substituted. 



