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as was done with the ear of corn. These movements mean that all 

 the powers which bring life have access to the child, so that the promise 

 of fruitfulness may be fulfilled. 



Tmnshtfioii i>f Fifth Stanza 



1080 Ha-a-a-a-a! An inti'oihictory ('.xclamation. 



1081 Kawas weri tawaAX'e, re tawawe. 



Kawas, the brown eagle, 

 weri, I am. 

 tawawe, to spread. 



re, plural; refers to the two feathered stems, 

 tawawe, to spread. 

 1082, 108.3 See line 1081. 



Explanation hy the Ku'rahus 



While we sing the fifth stanza the Kn'rahus touches the child here 

 and there with the united feathered stems; this means the spreading 

 over it of the powers represented by the male and female stems. 



Translation of Si-rth Stanza 



1084 lla-a-a-a-al An introductory exclamation. 



1085 Kawas weri tawitshpa, re tawitshpa. 



Kawas, the lirown eagle. 



weri, I am. 



tawitshpa, a word denoting the accomplishment of a purpose, 



the attainment of an end. 

 re, plural; refers to the two united feathered stems, 

 tawitshpa. Translated above. 

 1086, 1087 See line 1085. 



Explanation tnj the Kit'i-ahus 



This stanza means that it is accomplished, that the child has been 

 encorajjassed by the powers represented by the united stems. It is a 

 promise of procreation. 



Part III. Action Symbolizi.vo Life 

 Expta nation hij the Kii'ralins 



At the close of the song the Ku'ralius, separating the two stems, 

 hands the white-eagle feathered stem to his assistant and retains the 

 brown-eagle stem. The father of the child makes it sit upon the 

 gi-ound. The chief choo.ses a man to carry the child from the lodge 

 of its father, the Son, back to the lodge where the cei'emony of the 

 preceding four days has been performed. 

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