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1308 hiri! Iiarken. 



riru'tziraru, by reason of, because of. 



sira, the}' took; refers to tlie leader and to the men who 

 followed and depended on him. 



sura, possess; to become one's own. 



waurux', grasped, as a staff. 



para, walked. 



raru'tura, refers to that wliich descended lo earth. 



tuka'wiut, slantwise. 



tari, end, or accomplished mission, 

 lofi'.i rawa! attend! a call for attention at the moment. 



liawa, once more. 



urasharu, name. 



we, I. 



tatkiwati, change. 



1370 hiri! harken! 

 tatux, we used to. 

 tapakiaho, speak of him. 

 hawa, once more. 



Rarutska'tit, the former name, meaning black-feathered ari-ow. 

 hiri! harken! 

 raro, owner. 



rikcha, lying. These words refer to the achievement com- 

 memorated by the name about to be thrown awaj'. 

 ro re, vocables used for euphony and measure. 



1371 hii-i! harken! 

 wakoru, now we are. 

 ratora, all people. 

 liake'iisto, si)eak out and say. 



1372 hiri! harken! 

 akitaro, tribe, 

 hiwa, in the. 

 werataweko, 2)roniineiit. 



1373 hiri! harken! 



Shaku'ru Wa'rnkste, the new name now announced ("Sacred 



Sun"). 

 hiriwa, in the process of making. 

 witi, himself, 

 rakawa'karu, what he is. 

 ko re, vocables used for euphonj" and 7neasur(\ 



ClosirKj Eemarks of the Kii'rahat; 



During the days I have been talking Mith you (the writer) I have 

 been carried back in thought to the time when Estamaza (the father 

 of Francis LaFlesche) came to the Chaui. I met him in this cere- 

 mony; he was the Father, and as I have worked here day and night. 



