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THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY 



[ICTH, ANN. 32 



surrounding it. The old man sat before the child, a little to the 

 south, the chief (the Father) directly behind it with the cat skin 

 and ear of corn, the doctor with the left eagle wing toward tlie 

 nortili, the doctor witli the right eagle wing toward the south, and the 



Fig. 178. Diagram of the Son's lodge during the seventeentli ritual, jiurt i. 



1, the entrance to the lodge; 2, the fireplace; :!, inner posts supporting the dome-shaped roof: 

 4, the Ku'rahus; .5, his assistant; H, the bearers of the eagle wings; 7, the Father la c;liief i; S, the 

 okl man who prepares the child; (•, the little child; 10, the line of warriors; 11, the Son, father 

 of the littk' cllild; 12, memliers of the Hako party. 



Kurahus witli his a.ssistant in front, all facing tlic cliild (ligurc 17S). 

 During the singing of the following songs the cat slvin with the 

 crotched stick and the ear of corn, the feathered stems, and tlie 

 eagle wings are waved to its rhythm. 



