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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ann. 
  27 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  no 
  words 
  to 
  this 
  song 
  — 
  only 
  vocables. 
  The 
  song 
  is 
  a 
  

   prayer 
  expressed 
  not 
  by 
  words 
  but 
  in 
  musical 
  phrases. 
  The 
  tribe 
  

   presented 
  a 
  spectacle 
  that 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  impressive 
  — 
  the 
  great 
  

   circle 
  of 
  people, 
  with 
  their 
  branches, 
  standing 
  like 
  a 
  living 
  grove 
  on 
  

   the 
  prairie, 
  as 
  the 
  singers 
  voiced 
  their 
  prayer 
  to 
  Wako"'da. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  the 
  warriors 
  who 
  had 
  charged 
  the 
  

   tree 
  sounded 
  the 
  war 
  cry, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  people 
  standing 
  in 
  their 
  places, 
  

   gave 
  an 
  answering 
  shout 
  and 
  waved 
  their 
  branches 
  in 
  the 
  air. 
  Then 
  

   the 
  two 
  bearers 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tribal 
  Pipes 
  moved 
  forward 
  rapidly 
  a 
  

   few 
  steps 
  toward 
  the 
  pole 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  by 
  gentes 
  moved 
  forward 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  while 
  the 
  song 
  given 
  below 
  was 
  sung. 
  At 
  its 
  con- 
  

   clusion 
  a 
  halt 
  was 
  made. 
  Four 
  times 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  forward 
  movement 
  

   as 
  the 
  song 
  was 
  sung 
  and 
  a 
  halt 
  made 
  at 
  its 
  close. 
  

  

  Ya 
  du- 
  da 
  e 
  - 
  a 
  ha 
  e- 
  he 
  lie! 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  2 
  » 
  U-fc-4- 
  hi 
  E-n 
  h- 
  

  

  d* 
  

  

  d.c. 
  

  

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  1 
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  1-^=^ 
  — 
  . 
  — 
  j 
  — 
  im 
  ( 
  m 
  r^ 
  — 
  ! 
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  — 
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  — 
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  1 
  1^ 
  ■ 
  r 
  

  

  tr- 
  ' 
  — 
  * 
  — 
  i 
  1 
  — 
  ^* 
  — 
  K 
  - 
  I 
  S 
  ' 
  . 
  — 
  ' 
  — 
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  — 
  d~ 
  — 
  i-i 
  — 
  ' 
  1 
  — 
  w 
  — 
  ' 
  1 
  — 
  1^^ 
  — 
  K-s—sl 
  

  

  Ya 
  duda 
  ea 
  ha 
  ehe 
  tha 
  ehe 
  he 
  

   Shethi" 
  duda 
  a 
  ea 
  ha 
  ehe 
  tha 
  

   Ehe 
  he 
  ehe 
  he 
  tha 
  ea 
  ha 
  ehe 
  tha 
  

   Ehe 
  he 
  ehe 
  he 
  tha 
  ea 
  ha 
  ehe 
  tha 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Ya, 
  come; 
  duda, 
  hither; 
  ea, 
  come; 
  ha, 
  vowel 
  

   prolongation; 
  ehe, 
  I 
  bid; 
  shethi 
  n 
  , 
  ye 
  walking 
  yonder; 
  duda, 
  hither; 
  

   a, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  ea, 
  come; 
  e, 
  vocable; 
  ehe, 
  I 
  bid; 
  he, 
  vocable; 
  

   tha, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence. 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  Come 
  hither, 
  I 
  bid 
  you! 
  

  

  Ye 
  who 
  walk 
  yonder, 
  come 
  hither! 
  

  

  I 
  bid 
  you, 
  I 
  bid 
  you 
  to 
  come! 
  

  

  I 
  bid 
  you, 
  I 
  bid 
  you, 
  come 
  hither! 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  repetition 
  the 
  people 
  had 
  moved 
  

   up 
  toward 
  the 
  pole, 
  the 
  men 
  being 
  the 
  nearer 
  and 
  the 
  women 
  behind. 
  

   There 
  they 
  all 
  halted 
  for 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  last 
  time. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  singers 
  struck 
  up 
  the 
  next 
  song 
  (the 
  fourth) 
  the 
  two 
  pipe 
  

   bearers 
  turned 
  to 
  the 
  left, 
  having 
  their 
  right 
  side 
  to 
  the 
  pole, 
  and 
  all 
  

   the 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  gentes 
  turned 
  also; 
  the 
  I 
  n 
  ke'cabe 
  followed 
  

   the 
  pipe 
  bearers, 
  next 
  came 
  the 
  We'zhi 
  n 
  shte, 
  then 
  the 
  I"shta'cu"da, 
  

  

  