354 THE HAKO, A PAWNEE CEREMONY [eth. Ann. 23 



Rhyth III ic Rriidifioii 

 I 



Give heed, iny child, lift your eyes, behold the one who is standiii.u- here, 



Behold, my child 1 waiting here to hring the gift of life to yon. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Red paint waits, the vigor of life to bring. 



II 



Give heed, my child, lift yonr eyes, behold the one who is flying here, 



Behold, my child! flying here to bring the gift of life to yon. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Red paint flies, the vigor of life to bring. 



Ill 



Give heed, my child, lift your eyes, behold the one who is touching here. 



Behold, my child! touching here your head to bring the gift of life. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Red paint touches, the vigor of life to bring. 



IV 



Give heed, my child, lift your eye,s. behold the one who now follows here. 

 Behold, my child! Now the path it follows, paths where gods descend. 

 Give heed, my child. Look! Red paint follows, vigor of life to bring. 



Give heed, my child, lift your eyes, behold the one who is spreading here. 



Behold, my child! over you is sjiread the glowing gif ; of life. 



Give heed, my child. See! Red paint brings the vigor of life to you, 



VI 



Give heed, my child, lift yoiir eyes, behold the one who has brouglit yon life. 



Behold, my child! Life you have received and finished is the task. 



Give heed, my child. Look! Red paint leaves the vigor of life witli yon. 



The next act was tlie paiiitinjj; of the child's face witli blue, the eolor 

 of the sky, the abode of Tira'wa atiiis. 



The design outlined by the water, the grass, the ointment, ami the 

 red paint was now clearly seen — an arch, crossing the forehead and 

 resting on the cheeks, from the middle of which a line was drawn 

 downward on the nose. This design was said to "picture the face 

 of Tira'wa." The arch was tlie dome of the sky, his abode; the line, 

 falling from the zenith, was tlie breath of Tira'wa descending on the 

 child, meeting its breath. 



We are told that this design came from the constellation Corona 

 Borealis and was the insignia of a chief, as he who leads does so by 

 the authority of Tira'wa and must bear his sign on the face. In 

 this ceremony this design, taken in connecliou with the symbols next 

 placed on the child, seems to represent the presence of the power, 

 "the father of all things." 



