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At 9 a. m. of the fourth day the Gonio'dai'io' song is chanted 

 again. Meanwhile the company of harvest dancers hold their 

 dances at private houses going to the long house (gano n 'susge n ') 

 at noon. Soon after the Bird Society or Gane"gwae enters the 

 council house and begins its dance. Two dancers are chosen from 

 each phratry, as are also two speakers. The evening is devoted to 

 the Trotting, Fish, Pigeon, Bear, False Face, Buffalo and other 

 dances. At 10 p. m. the ceremonies cease. 



On the fifth day the dawn ceremony is repeated and at 9 a. m. 

 the Ganio'dai'io' song is sung. Societies hold meetings in their own 

 lodges. 



At about 1 p. m. a company of women dancers visit each house, 

 dance and sing and return to the long house. False Face beggars 

 also roam from lodge to lodge in search of sacred tobacco. In the 

 afternoon and evening various dances are held in the long house. 

 At about 11 p. m. the Husk Face Company enters the long house 

 and engages in their public ceremony. After this dance the people 

 are dismissed by a chief. 



Adonwah or Thanksgiving song 



Used in adoption ceremony 



(As sung by Chief Joseph Lyon) 



Yu kwa yu kwa ke oa ha Yu Irwa yu two ke na ha Vu kwa yu kwa ke na 





He 



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He He He He He He He He 



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Yu kwa yu 



kwa 



ke 



oa ha 



Yu kwa yu kwa ke na ha 



Yu kwa yu 



km 



He He 



He 



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He He 



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He He 



He 



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ke oa ha 







Yu kwa yu 



kwa 



ke na ha 



O 



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Fig. 2 The Thanksgiving song 



The morning of the sixth day is devoted to the dog sacrifice and 

 the tobacco offering. Afterward the Ado n/ we' are sung. This song 

 may be translated : I am now going home, I step upon another 



