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THE HA^O, A PAWNEE CEKEMOKY 



[ETH. ANN. 22 



1304 See line 1303. 



1305 All lieru, whaka ratsa we. 



ah, yes. 



hern, trulj', verily, 

 wliaka, voice, 

 ratsa, screaming, 

 we, refers to child. 



1306 See line 1303. 



Explanaiion Inj tht Kii'rahus 



The assistant takes up the white-eagle feathered stem, and then he 

 and the Ku'rahus move toward the chikl, singing this song and waving 

 the featliered stems. They ai-e speaking to the child; they are bid- 

 ding it cry no more, for its father is coming. 



The father is Tira'wa atius, the father of all, the fatlier of all the 

 powers represented with the Hako, of all living things, of all the peo- 

 ple. And now this mighty power, the Father, is c(nning to the little 

 child to bring it comfort. That is why the child is told not to crj-, 

 since its father is coming. 



These songs are verj^ wonderful. 



SECOND SONG 



Words and Music 

 M. M. J»- 60. 



• = Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by Edwin P. Tracy. 



No drum. , — ^ 



Ho-o-o ! H' A-ars si ■ 



A A 



Rattles, ftr.^^f 



ti we 



H'A-ars si ■ 



1807 Ho-o-o! 



1308 H"A-ars sira ti wera. 



1309 H'A-ar.s sira ti wera. 



1310 Reko,ii he ti wera. 



1311 H'A-ars sira ti wera. 



Transhdiou 



1307 llo-o-ol An introductorj- exclamation. 



1308 II'Aars sira ti wera. 



h'A-ars; h', an aspiration, the sign of breath; aars, from alius, 



father: h'Aars, Blather breathing forth (life), 

 sira, is coming. 

 ti, here, 

 wera, now coming. 



