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THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY 



[eth. axn. 22 



Th(^ ciioseii man takes liis position a little distance in fi-ont of the 

 child, the Ku'rahus and liis assistant stand on each side of the man, 

 facing the child, and the chief, carrying the cat skin and tlie corn, 

 stands in front, facing the child (flgnre 177). 



Fig. 177. Diagram of the Son's lodge during the sixteenth ritual, part in. 



1, the enti'ance to the lodge; 2. the fireplace; 3, inner posts supporting the dome-shaped roof; 

 4, the Ku'rahus; .'>, the Father (a chief i; 6, the Ku'rahus's assistant; ", the one chosen to carry 

 the child; 8, the child; 9, the father of the child, the Son. 



The following song is then sung in a gentle tone, that the child may 

 be willing to be taken up and carried by a stranger. Tlie words are: 

 "Come and fear not, my cliild; all is well." 



