﻿FOREWORD 
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  the 
  songs 
  presented 
  were 
  transcribed 
  and 
  arranged 
  for 
  translation 
  on 
  

   the 
  piano 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Prof. 
  John 
  Comfort 
  Fillmore, 
  who 
  for 
  several 
  

   years 
  had 
  carefully 
  studied 
  the 
  music 
  of 
  the 
  Omaha. 
  

  

  To 
  enumerate 
  all 
  the 
  Omaha 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  who 
  have 
  contributed 
  

   of 
  their 
  knowledge 
  and 
  memory 
  toward 
  the 
  making 
  of 
  this 
  volume 
  

   would 
  he 
  to 
  catalogue, 
  the 
  best 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  Unfortunately, 
  but 
  

   very 
  few 
  are 
  now 
  living 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  outcome 
  of 
  the 
  assistance 
  they 
  ren- 
  

   dered 
  during 
  the 
  gathering 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  herein 
  preserved 
  for 
  their 
  

   descendants. 
  A. 
  C. 
  F. 
  

  

  