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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRTBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  ing. 
  The 
  rites 
  have 
  long 
  been 
  disused, 
  their 
  abandonment 
  being 
  

   largely 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  Government. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  

   formerly 
  when 
  spring 
  came 
  the 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga 
  subgens, 
  whose 
  duty 
  it, 
  was 
  

   to 
  keep 
  the 
  sacred 
  ears 
  of 
  red 
  corn, 
  met 
  with 
  the 
  subgens 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pke'cabe, 
  whose 
  right 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  provide 
  them, 
  and 
  after 
  the 
  prescribed 
  

   rites 
  had 
  been 
  performed 
  anil 
  the 
  ritual 
  sung, 
  the 
  I 
  n 
  ke'cabe 
  men 
  acted 
  

   as 
  servers 
  to 
  the 
  Ho"'ga 
  and 
  distributed 
  four 
  kernels 
  to 
  each 
  family. 
  

   The 
  women 
  received 
  the 
  sacred 
  corn 
  and 
  mixed 
  it 
  with 
  their 
  seed 
  

   corn, 
  which 
  they 
  preserved 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  It 
  was 
  believed 
  that 
  

   the 
  sacred 
  corn 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  vivify 
  the 
  seed 
  and 
  cause 
  it 
  to 
  fructify 
  

   and 
  yield 
  a 
  good 
  harvest. 
  Only 
  the 
  red 
  corn 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  sacred 
  

   purpose. 
  Its 
  color 
  was 
  indicative 
  of 
  its 
  office. 
  

  

  Even 
  after 
  the 
  discontinuance 
  of 
  these 
  rites 
  of 
  distributing 
  the 
  

   maize 
  its 
  ritual 
  was 
  still 
  sung 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  ritual 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  

   Buffalo 
  Hide 
  was 
  given 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  hunting 
  ceremonies. 
  

   (See 
  p. 
  286.) 
  

  

  MAIZE 
  RITUAL 
  SONG 
  

  

  S^ 
  

  

  ±=t 
  

  

  _t 
  

  

  =t= 
  

  

  =(2= 
  

  

  E 
  

  

  Yo 
  ko 
  

  

  the 
  he 
  he 
  

  

  a° 
  - 
  do" 
  

  

  ba 
  

  

  ga! 
  

  

  -*- 
  

  

  SE 
  

  

  ±— 
  

  

  Ko" 
  

  

  du 
  - 
  ba 
  ha 
  - 
  no°-zhi 
  u 
  hi, 
  wi 
  

  

  do" 
  - 
  ba 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  hi 
  

   Wi 
  a"do"ba 
  ga 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Ko 
  u 
  duba 
  ha 
  no"zhi 
  n 
  hi 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  L 
  do 
  n 
  baga 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  do 
  n 
  ba 
  ga 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  Abe 
  he 
  wi 
  tt 
  'axchi 
  ha 
  no"zhi 
  a 
  hi 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  do 
  n 
  baga 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  n 
  do"ba 
  ga 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  Abe 
  he 
  no"'ba 
  ha 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  hi 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  Wi 
  a"do"ba 
  ga 
  

  

  

  4 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  Yo 
  ko 
  ho 
  the 
  he 
  he 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  Wi 
  a"do"ba 
  ga 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  Abe 
  he 
  tha'bthi" 
  ha 
  no 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  hi 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  Wi 
  a 
  Q 
  do 
  n 
  ba 
  ga 
  

  

  