FLETCHER] EIGHTEENTH KITUAL, PART I 243 



Transhdion 



1258 Ho-o-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



1259 Ha ware. Hiri-i-i! 



ha, yonder. 



ware, a part of teware, fijiug, circling about, 

 liiri! give heed! harken! 

 i-i, vowel pi-olongations. 

 12G0 See line 1259. 



1261 Hiri! Irahisi wite. 



hiri! give heed! harken! 



irahisi, irasi, it is you. The syllable hi is introduced to 



modif}^ the word so as to conform to the music, 

 wite, con.jecture, surmise. 



1262 Hii-i! H'Ak ukai reisi. 



hiri ! give heed ! harken ! 



h'Ak; h', the sign of breath, life; ak, a pai-t of akaro, a 



dwelling: h'Ak, the stretch of the earth under the dome 



of the heavens, 

 ukai, to put in. 



reisi, a modification of irasi, it is you. 

 126.3 See line 1259. 



Explanation by the Ku'rahus 



After the third rejieat, the Ku'rahus calls out, "Open a way!" and 

 the warriors who form the line separate at the north and at the south, 

 and the brown-eagle feathered stem is carried through the north open- 

 ing and the white-eagle feathered stem through the soiith opening. 

 The white eagle then flies back and fortli before the line of warriors 

 guarding the brown eagle as she circles the fireplace. ' 



When the Ku'rahus, carrying the brown-eagle feathered stem, 

 reaches the west he pauses, and then goes to the northwest, near the 

 rim of the fireplace, where he makes a circle with the l)ig toe of his 

 left foot and covers the outline with down. Then he passes to the 

 northeast and makes another cii-cle, marking it also with down; then 

 to the southeast, where he makes a third circle, then to the southwest, 

 where he makes the fourth circle. Meanwhile the song is being sung 

 for the fourth time, and the white eagle is still tlying back and forth 

 in front of the line of warriors. 



The circle represents a nest, and is drawn by the toe because the 

 eagle builds its nest with its claws. Although we are imitating the 

 bii'd making its nest, there is anotlier meaning to the action; we are 

 thinking of Tira'wa making the world for the people to live in. If 3'ou 

 go on a high hill and look around, you will see the sky touching 

 the earth on every side, and within this circular inclosure the people 

 live. So the circles we have made are not only nests, but they also 



