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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETII. 
  ANN. 
  '27 
  

  

  turn 
  from 
  right 
  to 
  left 
  the 
  onlookers 
  set 
  up 
  a 
  cry 
  of 
  alarm. 
  It 
  was 
  

   considered 
  very 
  disastrous 
  to 
  turn 
  ever 
  so 
  little 
  in 
  the 
  wrong 
  way, 
  so 
  

   the 
  priest 
  was 
  most 
  careful 
  to 
  prevent 
  any 
  accident. 
  When 
  the 
  child 
  

   had 
  been 
  tinned, 
  its 
  feet 
  rested 
  on 
  the 
  stone 
  as 
  it 
  faced 
  the 
  south. 
  

   The 
  priest 
  then 
  lifted 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  arms, 
  turned 
  it, 
  and 
  set 
  its 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  

   stone 
  as 
  it 
  faced 
  the 
  west; 
  then 
  he 
  again 
  lifted 
  the 
  child, 
  turned 
  it, 
  

   and 
  set 
  its 
  feet 
  on 
  the 
  stone 
  as 
  it 
  faced 
  the 
  north. 
  Lastly 
  the 
  child 
  

   was 
  lifted 
  to 
  its 
  feet 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  stone 
  as 
  it 
  again 
  faced 
  the 
  east. 
  

   During 
  this 
  action 
  the 
  following 
  ritual 
  song 
  was 
  sung: 
  

  

  She 
  

  

  ga 
  ku 
  - 
  wi° 
  

  

  xe 
  a 
  - 
  ki-the 
  tha 
  

  

  She 
  ga-ku 
  

  

  xe 
  a 
  - 
  ki 
  - 
  the 
  tha 
  

  

  I!a- 
  xu 
  du 
  - 
  ba 
  ha 
  

  

  te 
  

  

  to 
  - 
  de 
  d 
  u 
  ■ 
  

  

  HP 
  

  

  S 
  

  

  n=r— 
  p— 
  y 
  

  

  ba 
  ha 
  te 
  Ta 
  - 
  de 
  ba 
  - 
  co" 
  the 
  a 
  - 
  ki-the 
  tha 
  

  

  She 
  gakuwi 
  n 
  xe 
  akithe 
  tha 
  

   She 
  gakuwi"xe 
  akithe 
  tha 
  

   Baxu 
  duba 
  ha 
  te 
  tade 
  duba 
  ha 
  te 
  

   Tade 
  bafo" 
  the 
  akithe 
  tha 
  

   Tade 
  duba 
  ha 
  te 
  

   I»I 
  n 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  : 
  She, 
  from 
  shethi", 
  going 
  yonder, 
  implies 
  a 
  person 
  

   speaking; 
  ga, 
  to 
  strike 
  by 
  the. 
  wind; 
  7cuwi 
  n 
  xe, 
  to 
  whirl; 
  tha, 
  oratorical 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  sentence; 
  baxu, 
  ridge 
  or 
  hill; 
  duba, 
  four; 
  ha, 
  groups; 
  

   te, 
  descriptive 
  suffix 
  indicating 
  standing; 
  baco 
  n 
  , 
  in 
  the 
  midst; 
  (he, 
  

   goes 
  (third 
  person); 
  akithe, 
  I 
  cause 
  him; 
  tha, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence; 
  tade, 
  

  

  winds; 
  duba, 
  four; 
  

   Thunder. 
  

  

  ha, 
  groups; 
  te, 
  standing; 
  7", 
  rolling 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  Turned 
  by 
  the 
  winds 
  goes 
  the 
  one 
  I 
  send 
  yonder; 
  

   Yonder 
  he 
  goes 
  who 
  is 
  whirled 
  by 
  the 
  winds; 
  

   Goes, 
  where 
  the 
  four 
  hills 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  the 
  four 
  winds 
  are 
  standing: 
  

   There, 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  winds 
  do 
  I 
  send 
  him, 
  

   Into 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  winds, 
  standing 
  there. 
  

   (The 
  Thunder 
  rolls) 
  

  

  The 
  winds 
  invoked 
  by 
  the 
  priest 
  stand 
  in 
  four 
  groups, 
  and 
  receive 
  

   the 
  child, 
  which 
  is 
  whirled 
  by 
  them, 
  and 
  by 
  them 
  enabled 
  "to 
  

  

  