Tribe Activities 97 The Spring Dance, or the Planting of the Com Rain Song Tigua. Trantcribed and harmo&ixed hf Vwor. John Comvokt Fiummb. HU - chi Rain Rain -i d i — ..ain • nin, Peo-ple, ila - chi Rain Rain dai • nin. Rain Peo-ple
J I— i-behmakunwhi niweh, da'wingu ba hinah. Rain upon our plain peofde. Rain Rain Rain Rain ' By pemdsskm fitmi "Indian Story and S(mg," by Alice C. Fletdier. 1. Enter marching to drum, holding up grain of com in one hand. 2. Hop-step (as above) once aroimd, stop equal distances apart, forming complete circle around fire. Kneel on left knee. Plant corn (make hole, drop in grain, and cover with two motions as though scraping the soil with the hands from four points of compass, i. e., right and left hands approach each other from east and west and then from north and south in covering hole). 3. Rise, from circle facing the fire, and sing Rain Song, making the rain sign (as noted). 4. Hop-step to the right, making sun sign with outer or right hand, and the slmnmer sign with the left. Go around once. 5. Rain song, making rain sign. Then all kneel on left knee, facing fire, put back of right hand on ihe ground with fingers closed except index, which points up, raise it in four jerks at four b^ts of the drum, to make the com grow knee- high. 6. Rise, take four steps in, spin in four steps, then take four steps backward. 7. Rain song, making rain sign. Kneel, make com grow from knee to waist in four beats. 8. Rise, take four steps in, take four steps around self, i. e., spill in four steps then take four steps.
