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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  services. 
  Four 
  rattles, 
  struck 
  on 
  pillows, 
  and 
  two 
  drums 
  were 
  used 
  

   to 
  accompany 
  the 
  singers, 
  who 
  took 
  their 
  places 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  pole. 
  

   The 
  men 
  who 
  were 
  going 
  to 
  give 
  away 
  horses 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  riders. 
  

   They 
  dashed 
  about 
  among 
  the 
  people, 
  who 
  became 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  

  

  Fig. 
  03. 
  Painting 
  on 
  warrior's 
  face. 
  

  

  impatient 
  waiting 
  for 
  the 
  signal 
  — 
  four 
  strokes 
  on 
  the 
  drums 
  — 
  to 
  

   announce 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  After 
  the 
  four 
  drum 
  

   beats 
  had 
  been 
  given, 
  the 
  following 
  "call" 
  was 
  sung: 
  a 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  upper 
  music 
  staff 
  gives 
  simply 
  the 
  aria; 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  staves 
  translate 
  the 
  same 
  aria 
  for 
  the 
  

   piano 
  by 
  harmonization, 
  giving 
  the 
  tremolo 
  of 
  the 
  drum, 
  the 
  echoing 
  cadences, 
  the 
  dying 
  away 
  of 
  the 
  

   voices 
  of 
  the 
  singers, 
  and 
  their 
  rising 
  again 
  with 
  the 
  call 
  to 
  " 
  Rejoice." 
  

  

  