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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  8. 
  Kino 
  n 
  shko 
  n 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto 
  11 
  ado", 
  Tea 
  shko 
  n 
  , 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  9. 
  Kino"shko" 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto 
  11 
  ado", 
  Mo 
  D 
  ge 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  10. 
  Kino"shko 
  n 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto" 
  ado 
  n 
  , 
  Thiti 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  11. 
  Kino"shko" 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto 
  11 
  ado", 
  Zhuga 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  12. 
  Kino°shko" 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto" 
  ado", 
  Nixa 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  13. 
  Kino"shko" 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto" 
  ado", 
  (Ji"de 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

   I 
  t. 
  Kino"shko" 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto" 
  ado", 
  Imbe 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  15. 
  Kino"shko" 
  ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto" 
  ado", 
  Zhi"ga 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  16. 
  Kino"shko"ha, 
  I 
  bahado" 
  ha, 
  ehe 
  ehe, 
  thishto" 
  ado", 
  £ite 
  shko", 
  ehe 
  a 
  ha, 
  (,'i 
  gthe 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  I. 
  Ki, 
  himself 
  or 
  itself; 
  no 
  n 
  s7iko 
  n 
  , 
  movement, 
  action 
  — 
  it 
  moves 
  

   itself; 
  ha, 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sentence; 
  / 
  bahado 
  11 
  , 
  conscious, 
  having 
  knowl- 
  

   edge; 
  ha, 
  behold; 
  ehe, 
  I 
  say; 
  thishto 
  11 
  , 
  it 
  is 
  done, 
  it 
  is 
  finished, 
  accom- 
  

   plished; 
  ado' 
  1 
  , 
  bado 
  n 
  , 
  because; 
  pa 
  te, 
  nose 
  (te, 
  suffix, 
  standing); 
  sMo", 
  

   moves; 
  a 
  ha, 
  behold. 
  

  

  2. 
  I 
  n 
  de', 
  face. 
  

  

  3. 
  I 
  n 
  shta', 
  eyes. 
  

  

  4. 
  He, 
  horns; 
  te 
  (suffix), 
  standing. 
  

  

  5. 
  Nita', 
  ears; 
  te, 
  standing. 
  

  

  6. 
  No 
  n 
  shki', 
  head. 
  

  

  7. 
  No 
  n 
  'l-a, 
  back. 
  

  

  8. 
  Tea', 
  arm 
  (buffalo 
  arm). 
  

  

  9. 
  Mo 
  n 
  'ge, 
  breast. 
  

   10. 
  Thi'ti, 
  ribs. 
  

  

  II. 
  Zhu'ga, 
  body. 
  

  

  12. 
  Ni'xa, 
  stomach. 
  

  

  13. 
  Qi 
  n 
  'de, 
  tail. 
  

  

  14. 
  Im'be, 
  hind 
  quarters. 
  

  

  15. 
  Zhi 
  n 
  'ga, 
  little 
  one, 
  the 
  calf. 
  

  

  16. 
  { 
  1 
  ite, 
  feet; 
  Qigthe, 
  tracks, 
  footprints. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  song 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  is 
  depicted. 
  ''Movement 
  " 
  

   is 
  synonymous 
  with 
  life. 
  The 
  living 
  embryo 
  moves 
  of 
  itself. 
  Ac- 
  

   cording 
  to 
  native 
  reasoning 
  it 
  moves 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  endowed 
  with 
  

   consciousness. 
  As 
  breath 
  is 
  the 
  sign 
  of 
  life, 
  the 
  nose, 
  whence 
  the 
  

   breath 
  issues, 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  "move." 
  Next 
  the 
  face 
  moves, 
  then 
  

   the 
  eyes, 
  and 
  so 
  on 
  until 
  all 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  "move" 
  because 
  

   of 
  conscious 
  life. 
  Then 
  the 
  little 
  one, 
  the 
  calf, 
  is 
  born. 
  Finally 
  as 
  

   the 
  feet 
  move 
  they 
  leave 
  on 
  the 
  earth 
  a 
  sign 
  of 
  life 
  — 
  "tracks."" 
  

  

  The 
  music 
  is 
  recitative 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  minor 
  key. 
  The 
  emphasis 
  on 
  

   the'keynote, 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  word, 
  Qigthe, 
  "tracks," 
  indicates 
  the 
  finality 
  

   of 
  the 
  creation. 
  

  

  ^Observe 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  the 
  peculiar 
  pijie 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Hide 
  dig. 
  04), 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  track 
  

   of 
  a 
  buffalo 
  hoof. 
  

  

  