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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  firm 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  turned 
  into 
  spirits 
  and 
  have 
  departed, 
  leaving 
  me 
  to 
  dwell 
  in 
  solitude 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  

   my 
  life. 
  All 
  that 
  gave 
  me 
  comfort 
  in 
  this 
  lonely 
  travel 
  was 
  the 
  possession 
  and 
  care 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Buffalo, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  consecrated 
  objects 
  that 
  once 
  kept 
  our 
  people 
  firmly 
  

  

  Fig. 
  60 
  Wako"'mo 
  n 
  ihi 
  n 
  . 
  

  

  » 
  1 
  &6j 
  

  

  

  

  

  •feljJE' 
  

  

  Fig. 
  61. 
  Wako 
  n 
  'mo 
  n 
  thi 
  a 
  's 
  house. 
  

  

  united; 
  but, 
  as 
  though 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  my 
  sadness, 
  rude 
  hands 
  have 
  taken 
  from 
  me, 
  by 
  

   stealth, 
  this 
  one 
  solace, 
  and 
  I 
  now 
  sit 
  empty 
  handed, 
  awaiting 
  the 
  call 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  

   have 
  gone 
  before 
  me. 
  For 
  a 
  while 
  1 
  wept 
  for 
  this 
  loss, 
  morning 
  and 
  evening, 
  as 
  

   though 
  for 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  a 
  relative 
  dear 
  to 
  me, 
  but 
  as 
  time 
  passed 
  by 
  tears 
  ceased 
  to 
  

   flow 
  and 
  I 
  can 
  now 
  speak 
  of 
  it 
  with 
  some 
  composure." 
  

  

  