252 THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth. Ann. 22 



1278 'Hare ra, 'hare ra-a, ra i 'hare; 



1379 'Hare ra, 'hare ra-a, ra i "hare; 



1380 'Hare ra, ra i 'liare: 



1381 'Hare ra! 



1283 'Hare ra-a. ra-a i 'hare, ra i hare; 

 1383 'Hare ra. hare ra-a. ra i 'hare; 



1284 'Hare ra! "Hare ra! 



l^rdiislfifion 



1278 'Hare ra, 'hare ra-a, ra i 'liare. 



'hare, a part of the word iha're, fhildren, young. 



ra, cominy. 



'hare ra. Translated above. 



a, vowel jirolongation. 



ra, come, or coming. 



i, a part of the word titako, here, whei-e I am. 



'har(% children. 



1279 See line 1278. 



1280 'Hare ra, ra i hare. See line 1278. 



1281 'Hare ra! See line 1278. 



1282 'Hare ra-a, ra-a i 'liare, ra i 'iiare. See line 1278. 



1283 See line 1278. 



1284 'Hare ra! 'Hare ra! See line 1278. 



E.r])Jniiuii()n hij the JCii' /•(i/iii.'i 



The words of this song mean: "The Children are coming, coming 

 here where I am sitting. " 



At the close of tliis song a man selected by the Kii'rahns niters 

 along, loud cry: "IIo-o-o-o-o-o-o! " It is answered by all the Ilako 

 party; their sliout is Itrolien by tlie hands beating on the mouth: 

 " Ha-a-a-a-a-a-a! " The drums and rattles sound at the same time. 



It is a cry of thanks and of weh-ome by the Fathers to the Children 

 as they approach bearing gifts. 



As soon as the cries cease the Ku'rahus begins one of the dauce 

 sougs. 



Part II. The Dance and Reception of Gifts 



Exphotatioii hij ihe Kk' ri(hus 



On the fourth niglit (of the Ilako ceremony), while the lodge was 

 being circled sixteen times, some young men, at the direction of tlie 

 Ku'rahus, went out and made the figure of a man from grass and old 

 garments and fastened it to a small sapling so that it could be made 

 to stand upright. This figure, which lias been concealed, is now 

 bi'ought out and set up in front of all the people (see figure ISO). 



The men of the tribe of the Children, dressed in their regalia and 

 war bonnets, and painted witli the symbols of tlie society to which they 

 belong, come uj) with their horses, which are led by one of tlie owner's 



