The Hako A Pawnee Ceremony By A C Fletcher Assisted By James R Murie Music Transcribed By Edwin S Tracy With Coloured Plates PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...back of the holy place where the Hako are at rest, addresses the Children in the name of the Fathers. He explains the meaning of the ceremony about to take place, for on this last night and the following morning everything that is done refers to the nest and to the direct promise of Children to the Son, who is also to be bound by a symbolic tie to the Father. When the talk is over the feathered stems are taken up and we sing the following song, which prefigures the joy that is coming to the people. BO NO Words and Music M. M. s = 108.-Pulsation of the voice. Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracy. No drum. Translation of First Stanza 896 Ho-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation 8'.7 Were kosha hosha wiki rira. were, they. kosha, a flock of birds. hosha, a composite word; ho, coming; sha, part of kosha, flock. wiki, a descriptive term indicating the manner of flight; the birds do not move in a straight line or course; they waver from one side to the other, now higher, now lower. rira, coming. 898 See line 897. 899 Kosha hosha wiki rira. See line 897. 900 See line 897. Explanation by the Ku'rahus In the early spring thL' birds lay their eggs in their nests, in the summer they rear their young, in the fail all the young ones are grown, the nests are deserted and the birds fly in flocks over the country. One can hear the fluttering of a startled flock, the birds suddenly rise and their wings make a noise like distant thunder. Everywhere the flocks are flying. In the fall it seems as though new life were put into the people as well as into the birds; there is much activity in coming and going. This song tells of the flocking of birds. We do not use the drum as we sing it, but we blow the whistle. The whistle is made from the wing bone of an eagle. In this...