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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  ance 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  bull. 
  He 
  is 
  asked 
  to 
  come 
  nearer 
  with 
  all 
  his 
  

   powers, 
  that 
  man 
  may 
  be 
  helped 
  to 
  live. 
  In 
  the 
  third 
  stanza, 
  the 
  

   female, 
  the 
  mother 
  with 
  all 
  her 
  potency, 
  is 
  addressed, 
  and 
  bidden 
  

   to 
  come 
  nearer 
  toward 
  waiting 
  mankind 
  to 
  yield 
  him 
  food. 
  The 
  

   fourth 
  stanza 
  addresses 
  the 
  calf, 
  with 
  its 
  promise 
  of 
  growth 
  and 
  of 
  

   a 
  future 
  supply 
  of 
  food. 
  The 
  calf 
  is 
  bidden, 
  as 
  were 
  its 
  progenitors, 
  

   to 
  come 
  nearer 
  and 
  give 
  food 
  to 
  man. 
  In 
  the 
  fifth 
  stanza 
  the 
  word 
  

   texi 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  trope. 
  It 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  power 
  of 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da 
  

   as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  vast 
  herds 
  brought 
  about 
  by 
  the 
  multiplication 
  of 
  

   single 
  pairs. 
  These 
  moving 
  herds 
  are 
  asked, 
  supplicated, 
  to 
  come 
  

   nearer 
  to 
  man, 
  to 
  yield 
  him 
  food 
  and 
  life. 
  

  

  The 
  music 
  is 
  the 
  five-tone 
  scale 
  of 
  F 
  major. 
  Although 
  divided 
  

   into 
  three 
  phases 
  it 
  is 
  recitative 
  in 
  character 
  and 
  the 
  motive 
  is 
  

   similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  song, 
  to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  related. 
  

  

  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  J-*r-*-l 
  — 
  K-l 
  

  

  Third 
  Song 
  

  

  In-to" 
  a-i 
  

  

  ha 
  -do" 
  ha 
  - 
  i 
  bi 
  hi 
  the 
  zho°-ge 
  he 
  she-no 
  n 
  -ha 
  pre 
  tho" 
  

  

  ba-do" 
  ha 
  - 
  i 
  - 
  bi 
  

  

  1. 
  I 
  "to 
  11 
  ai 
  bado" 
  ha 
  ibi'hi 
  the, 
  zho"ge 
  he 
  sheno 
  n 
  ha 
  ge 
  tho 
  n 
  

  

  2. 
  I 
  "to" 
  ai 
  bado" 
  ha 
  ibi'hi 
  the, 
  'to" 
  ai 
  bado" 
  ha 
  ibi'hi 
  the 
  

  

  3. 
  Yo, 
  yo, 
  duda 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  I 
  n 
  to 
  n 
  , 
  now, 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time; 
  ai 
  bado", 
  they 
  coming; 
  Jia, 
  end 
  

   of 
  sentence; 
  ibi'he, 
  they 
  are 
  coming; 
  the, 
  tha, 
  oratorical 
  close 
  of 
  sen- 
  

   tence; 
  zho"ge, 
  uzho"'ge, 
  path 
  or 
  paths; 
  he, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  

   sli('it'<>"h<i, 
  all; 
  ge, 
  many; 
  tint", 
  the. 
  

  

  2. 
  To", 
  i 
  n 
  'to 
  n 
  , 
  now. 
  

  

  3. 
  Yo, 
  come 
  — 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  call; 
  duda, 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  supplicatory 
  song 
  the 
  "moving 
  herds" 
  spoken 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  

   previous 
  song 
  are 
  now 
  drawing 
  near, 
  converging 
  by 
  many 
  paths 
  

   toward 
  man. 
  Such 
  was 
  the 
  motive 
  of 
  their 
  birth, 
  to 
  benefit 
  man, 
  

   to 
  respond 
  to 
  his 
  supplications 
  and 
  yield 
  their 
  life 
  when 
  he 
  reverently 
  

   calls 
  them: 
  Yo, 
  yo, 
  duda! 
  — 
  "this 
  way, 
  hither 
  come!" 
  The 
  music 
  

   is 
  in 
  the 
  five-tone 
  scale 
  of 
  F 
  sharp 
  minor. 
  The 
  call 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  key- 
  

   note 
  an 
  octave 
  and 
  a 
  fifth 
  below 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  song, 
  which 
  is 
  

   recitative 
  in 
  form, 
  and 
  follows 
  the 
  motive 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  songs, 
  

   to 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  related. 
  

  

  