FLETCHER] SEVENTEENTH RITUAL, PART IV 239 



II 

 1343 Ho-o-o! 



1343 Hiri! "Hari; Hiri! Hitu we re ru ata lial 

 1244 Hii'i! 'Hari: Hiri! Hitu we re rii ata ha! 

 1345 Hiri! "Hari; Hiri! Hitu we re ru ata ha! 



Ill 



1246 Ho-o-o! 



1247 Hiri! "Hari: Hiri! Hitu we ri tukuka ha! 



1248 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Hitu we ri tukuka ha! 

 1349 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Hitu we ri tukuka ha! 



IV 

 1250 Ho-o-o! 



1351 Hiri! 'Hari: Hiri! Hitu we ri kittawe he! 

 1353 Hiri! "Hari; Hiri! Hitu we ri kittawe he! 

 1353 Hiri! 'Hari: Hiri! Hitu we ri kittawe he! 



V 



1254 Ho-o-o! 



1255 Hiri! "Hari; Hiri! Hitu we ri ta witshpa ha! 



1356 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Hitu we ri ta witshpa ha! 



1357 Hiri! 'Hari; Hii-i! Hitu we ri ta witshpa ha! 



Translation of First Stanza 



1238 Ho-o-o! All introductory exclamation. 

 3239 Hiri! 'Hari; Hiri! Hitu we re lire kusi hi! 



hiri ! give heed ! 



'hai-i, a part of iha'ri, child. 



hiri! give heed! 



hitu, feather; a downy, soft feather. 



we, now. 



re, am. 



hre, holding. 



kusi, sitting. 



hi! from hiri! give heed! 

 1240, 1241 See line 1239. 



Ex-planation htj the Kti'rahus 



The downy, white feather came from the white eagle, the father of 

 the child. Soft, blue feathers were bound around its stem, to which 

 a small buckskin thong was attached, so that the feather could be 

 tied upon the hair of the child. The soft, blue feathers represent the 

 blue sky above the clouds; the white, downy feather itself, which is 

 ever moving, as if it were breathing, represents Tira'wa atius, who 

 dwells bej'ond the blue sky, which is above the soft, white clouds. 



All during the cereniouy this feather has been tied upon tlie brown- 

 eagle feathered stem, close to the owl feathers. It is different from 

 the downy feather worn by the Ku'rahus and his assistant, for at its 



