300 THE HAKO, A PAWNEK CEREMONY [eth. axn. 22 



RllUfll/llir Ri'liditiOH 



I 



The Mother leads and we follow ou. 

 Her cle\-ious iiathway before ns lies. 

 She leads us as were our fathers led 

 Down through the ages. 



II 



The Mother leads and we follow on. 

 Her pathway straight, where a stage each day 

 We forward walk, as our fathers walked 

 Down through the ages. 



Wheu the familiar landmarks about tlie village liad disappeared in 

 the distance and the people looked over the wide stretch of country, 

 the dangers of the journey were natnrallj- suggested, so that the tirst 

 stanza of the second song is an appeal to Mother Corn, asking her 

 whether a safe path lies before them. The second stanza gives her 

 assuring answer, that the path does lie sti'aight before them. 



This song, being one of procedure only, is in three phrases. 



SECOND SONG 11 



Diagram tif Time 



Ri/fJiin Ir RoiditioH 



I 



Looking o'er the prairie, naught our eyes discern there. 



Wide the land stretches out before us; 



Then we cry aloud to Mother Corn: • Doth thy pathway lie here? '" 



II 



Heeding now our crying, while our eyes she opens. 



Mother Corn moveth out before us 



On the lonely prairie, where we see straight the pathway lies therel 



In the third song, Mother Corn reminds the people of the super- 

 natural leadership bestowed on lier by the powers above in the distant 

 past, and now renewed in the ceremonies which have just taken place. 



This song, referring directly to the powers above, is in five musical 

 phrases, suggesting the motions toward the four directions and the 

 al)0ve. 



a Music on page 70. 



