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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  4. 
  Do 
  n 
  'ba, 
  to 
  see; 
  the 
  word 
  as 
  here 
  used 
  is 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  phrase 
  

   do 
  n 
  'ba 
  iga 
  (do 
  n 
  ba, 
  to 
  see; 
  i, 
  plural 
  sign, 
  a 
  number 
  addressed; 
  ga, 
  

   command). 
  The 
  phrase 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  "Behold 
  ye!" 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  The 
  holy 
  Pipe! 
  

  

  Holy, 
  I 
  say. 
  

  

  Now 
  it 
  appears 
  before 
  you, 
  

  

  The 
  holy 
  Pipe, 
  behold 
  ye! 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  song 
  the 
  pipe 
  is 
  not 
  addressed, 
  but 
  speaks 
  through 
  its 
  keeper- 
  

   priest, 
  first 
  by 
  its 
  proper 
  name, 
  then 
  by 
  a 
  term 
  indicative 
  of 
  its 
  func- 
  

   tion; 
  it 
  is 
  then 
  asserted 
  that 
  it 
  "appears" 
  not 
  by 
  any 
  agency 
  of 
  man, 
  

   but 
  by 
  its 
  own 
  power, 
  and 
  commands 
  men 
  to 
  behold. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

   word 
  etho 
  n 
  be 
  gives 
  the 
  key 
  to 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  — 
  the 
  Pipe 
  

   acts, 
  "appears;" 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  acted 
  upon 
  or 
  made 
  to 
  appear. 
  Although 
  

   so 
  simple 
  and 
  concrete, 
  this 
  song 
  throws 
  more 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  native 
  

   thought 
  and 
  belief 
  hi 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  pipe 
  than 
  any 
  single 
  song 
  the 
  

   writers 
  have 
  found. 
  The 
  pipe 
  is 
  here 
  represented 
  as 
  infused 
  with 
  

   "movement," 
  that 
  special 
  attribute 
  of 
  life, 
  and 
  "appears'' 
  to 
  become 
  

   the 
  bearer 
  of 
  man's 
  supplication 
  to 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da. 
  The 
  music 
  fittingly 
  

   clothes 
  the 
  thought 
  expressed 
  in 
  the 
  words 
  and 
  makes 
  a 
  majestic 
  

  

  opening 
  to 
  the 
  ritual. 
  

  

  Second 
  Song 
  

  

  Tha 
  

  

  he 
  - 
  tho" 
  - 
  tho 
  n 
  - 
  ba 
  

  

  1. 
  Niniba, 
  xuba, 
  he 
  lho"tho"ba 
  ha 
  hetho"be 
  

  

  2. 
  Ha 
  ehe 
  the 
  

  

  3. 
  Iugthe, 
  he 
  tho 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  ba 
  ha 
  he 
  tho"be 
  

  

  4. 
  Thaniniba 
  ha, 
  he 
  tho 
  u 
  tho 
  D 
  ba 
  ha 
  he 
  tha 
  

  

  5. 
  Ha 
  ehe 
  the 
  

  

  6. 
  Iugthe 
  he 
  tho"tho 
  n 
  ba 
  ha, 
  he 
  tho 
  n 
  be 
  

  

  7. 
  Thaniniba 
  ha 
  he'tho 
  n 
  th.o 
  n 
  ba 
  ha, 
  he 
  tha 
  

  

  