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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

   Seventh 
  Song 
  

  

  [BTH. 
  ANN. 
  L'T 
  

  

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  =t 
  

  

  ba 
  - 
  ba 
  ki 
  - 
  the 
  a 
  - 
  ba 
  - 
  ha 
  ki 
  - 
  the 
  he 
  - 
  lie 
  

  

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  _z 
  

  

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  I 
  * 
  

  

  ba-ha 
  ki-the 
  a- 
  ha-ha- 
  ki-the 
  he 
  - 
  he 
  A 
  - 
  ba 
  - 
  ha 
  ki-the 
  ki-the 
  

  

  IB 
  

  

  -" 
  » 
  

  

  he 
  he 
  the 
  A 
  - 
  ha-ba 
  ki-the 
  a- 
  ba-ha 
  ki-the 
  be 
  he 
  

  

  Abaha 
  kithe, 
  abaha 
  kithe 
  hehe 
  

  

  These 
  words 
  were, 
  repeated 
  four 
  times. 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Abaha, 
  to 
  hold 
  toward 
  or 
  over; 
  lithe. 
  I 
  make 
  

   him 
  (the 
  Ho"'j;a, 
  who 
  have 
  charge 
  of 
  .the 
  rites 
  speak, 
  authorizing 
  

   the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  priest, 
  who 
  is 
  their 
  representative); 
  hehe, 
  vocables 
  

   used 
  as 
  vowel 
  prolongations. 
  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  repe- 
  

   tition 
  of 
  the 
  words 
  the 
  priest 
  lowered 
  I 
  he 
  knife 
  preparatory 
  to 
  the 
  

   act 
  authorized 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  stanza, 
  and 
  then 
  sang: 
  

  

  Ma'xo" 
  akithe, 
  Ma'xo" 
  akithe, 
  hehe 
  

  

  These 
  words 
  also 
  were 
  repeated 
  four 
  times. 
  

  

  Literal 
  'translation 
  : 
  Ma'xo 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  cut; 
  akithe, 
  I 
  make 
  or 
  authorize 
  

   him. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  singing 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  stanza 
  the 
  priest 
  cut 
  the 
  fat 
  from 
  

   the 
  four 
  tezhu' 
  lying 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  Pole, 
  and 
  dropped 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  

   wooden 
  bowl 
  held 
  by 
  his 
  wife 
  for 
  its 
  reception. 
  The 
  fat 
  cut 
  from 
  

   the 
  meat 
  offerings 
  was 
  pounded 
  to 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  paste 
  and 
  mixed 
  

   with 
  red 
  paint. 
  While 
  this 
  was 
  being 
  done 
  the 
  pipe 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   the 
  Pole 
  was 
  ceremonially 
  smoked 
  by 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  leading 
  men 
  

   gathered 
  in 
  the 
  communal 
  tent. 
  The 
  act 
  of 
  smoking 
  was 
  a 
  prayer 
  

   of 
  consecration 
  and 
  the 
  asking 
  of 
  a 
  blessing 
  on 
  the 
  anointing 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pole, 
  about 
  to 
  take 
  place. 
  When 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  smoking 
  was 
  

   completed 
  and 
  the 
  fat 
  and 
  paint 
  were 
  made 
  ready, 
  the 
  eighth 
  ritual 
  

   song 
  was 
  sung. 
  

  

  