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  THE 
  QUEST 
  OF 
  FOOD 
  

  

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  turn 
  to 
  camp 
  of 
  the 
  hunters, 
  when 
  the 
  boys 
  carry 
  the 
  meat 
  for 
  the 
  

   sacred 
  feast. 
  (12) 
  The 
  plentifulness 
  of 
  the 
  game 
  causes 
  some 
  hunters 
  

   to 
  camp 
  on 
  the 
  field. 
  

  

  Each 
  song 
  was 
  repeated 
  four 
  times. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  pause 
  after 
  each 
  

   part, 
  for 
  all 
  ceremonials 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  performed 
  with 
  deliberation. 
  The 
  

   singing 
  of 
  this 
  ritual 
  occupied 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  night. 
  And 
  

   the 
  same 
  rule 
  applied 
  to 
  these 
  songs 
  as 
  to 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Sacred 
  

   Pole. 
  An 
  error 
  made 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  begin 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  song 
  again, 
  for 
  

   the 
  ritual 
  must 
  go 
  straight 
  through 
  without 
  any 
  break 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  

   the 
  songs. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  with 
  the 
  writers 
  whether 
  the 
  ritual 
  as 
  here 
  given 
  is 
  

   entire. 
  The 
  old 
  keeper-priest 
  gave 
  the 
  songs 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  

   old 
  men 
  who 
  remembered 
  them 
  declared 
  them 
  correct 
  and 
  complete. 
  

   Still, 
  there 
  may 
  be 
  unintentional 
  omissions. 
  To 
  sing 
  these 
  songs 
  into 
  

   a 
  graphophone 
  was 
  very 
  different 
  for 
  the 
  old 
  man 
  from 
  giving 
  

   them 
  in 
  their 
  order 
  during 
  the 
  ceremonial, 
  when 
  any 
  omission 
  would 
  

   have 
  been 
  rectified 
  at 
  once 
  by 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  xu'lca, 
  or 
  prompters. 
  The 
  

   ritual 
  as 
  it 
  here 
  stands 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  fairly 
  complete, 
  and 
  if 
  any 
  songs 
  are 
  

   lacking 
  they 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  unimportant 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  outline. 
  

  

  Part 
  I.— 
  The 
  Pipe 
  

   First 
  Song 
  

  

  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  WHITE 
  BUFFALO 
  HIDE 
  

  

  -£2»jf_ 
  4 
  _l_ 
  

  

  ■*- 
  • 
  

  

  M- 
  

  

  — 
  r 
  

  

  -i2- 
  

  

  — 
  1- 
  

  

  j2- 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  *-• 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  *- 
  

  

  — 
  1 
  

  

  J2. 
  

   1 
  

  

  Tha 
  - 
  ni 
  - 
  ba 
  - 
  ha!. 
  

  

  Xu 
  

  

  be 
  lie 
  - 
  he- 
  

  

  EP& 
  

  

  * 
  — 
  ■— 
  r- 
  

  

  =t=r 
  

  

  =g=* 
  

  

  ± 
  

  

  Tha 
  ui-ba-ha 
  e 
  - 
  tho 
  n 
  be 
  tha 
  - 
  ni 
  - 
  ba 
  - 
  ha, 
  Do" 
  - 
  ba? 
  

  

  1. 
  Thani'baha 
  

  

  2. 
  Xu'be 
  hehe 
  

  

  3. 
  Thani'ba 
  ha, 
  e'tho 
  n 
  be 
  

  

  4. 
  Thani'ba 
  ha. 
  Do 
  n/ 
  ba 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  Thani'ba, 
  an 
  old 
  form 
  of 
  nini'ba, 
  pipe. 
  The 
  Osage 
  use 
  this 
  

   form 
  in 
  daily 
  speech. 
  Ha, 
  vowel 
  prolongation 
  of 
  preceding 
  syllable. 
  

  

  2. 
  Xu'be, 
  part 
  of 
  waxu'be, 
  an 
  object 
  set 
  apart 
  from 
  ordinary 
  usage 
  

   and 
  made 
  holy; 
  some 
  consecrated 
  thing 
  that 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  medium 
  of 
  

   communication 
  with 
  the 
  supernatural, 
  with 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da. 
  Hehe, 
  ehe, 
  I 
  

   say; 
  the 
  added 
  h 
  is 
  for 
  euphony 
  in 
  singing. 
  

  

  3. 
  E'iho 
  n 
  be, 
  appears, 
  comes 
  into 
  view, 
  of 
  its 
  own 
  volition, 
  from 
  a 
  

   covered 
  place, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  all. 
  

  

  