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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TKIBE 
  [eth. 
  ann. 
  27 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  Petho"ba 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Petho 
  n 
  ba 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   PethCba 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

  

  Petho"ba 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  Pethabthi" 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Pethabthi 
  11 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Pethabthi" 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Pethabthi 
  11 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  

  

  !) 
  

  

  Sho 
  n 
  ka 
  ha, 
  hai 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Sho 
  n 
  ka 
  ha, 
  hai 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Sho 
  n 
  ka 
  ha, 
  hai 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Sho 
  D 
  ka 
  ha, 
  hai 
  bi 
  'hi 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  Gthebo" 
  ha, 
  hai 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   Gthebo" 
  ha, 
  hai 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

  

  Gthebo" 
  ha, 
  hai 
  l>i 
  'lii 
  the 
  

   Gthebo" 
  ha, 
  hai 
  bi 
  'hi 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  O 
  n 
  geda 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   O 
  n 
  gedaha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   1 
  1 
  "geda 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  the 
  

   O 
  n 
  geda 
  ha, 
  'i 
  bi 
  'hi 
  

  

  lateral 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  Wiaxchi, 
  one; 
  ha 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  word 
  makes 
  it 
  to 
  mean 
  "in 
  one 
  

   direction;" 
  hai, 
  ai, 
  they 
  are 
  coming 
  — 
  the 
  h 
  is 
  added 
  for 
  euphony 
  in 
  

   singing; 
  hi, 
  are; 
  'hi, 
  apart 
  otehe, 
  I 
  say 
  — 
  the 
  final 
  vowel 
  is 
  changed 
  for 
  

   euphony; 
  the, 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  tha, 
  the 
  oratorical 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sentence. 
  

  

  2. 
  No 
  n 
  ba 
  ha, 
  two 
  directions. 
  

  

  3. 
  TJiabthi" 
  ha, 
  three 
  directions. 
  

  

  4. 
  Duha 
  ha, 
  four 
  directions. 
  

  

  5. 
  ('ato 
  n 
  ha, 
  five 
  directions. 
  

  

  6. 
  Shape 
  ha, 
  six 
  directions. 
  

  

  7. 
  Peiho 
  n 
  baha, 
  seven 
  directions; 
  '■<., 
  contraction 
  of 
  ai, 
  they 
  are 
  

   coming. 
  

  

  8. 
  Pethabthi 
  11 
  ha, 
  eight 
  directions. 
  

  

  9. 
  Sho 
  n 
  lca 
  ha, 
  nine 
  directions. 
  

  

  10. 
  <ithebo 
  n 
  ha, 
  ten 
  directions. 
  

  

  11. 
  0"geda 
  ha, 
  from 
  every 
  direction. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  song 
  the 
  "moving 
  herds" 
  are 
  depicted 
  as 
  coming 
  wherever 
  

   man 
  can 
  turn; 
  they 
  cover 
  the 
  fate 
  of 
  the 
  earth; 
  they 
  approach 
  him 
  

   from 
  every 
  direction. 
  0"'geda 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  ni'Jcie 
  names 
  in 
  the 
  

   IIo"'ga 
  gens 
  and 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  this 
  ritual. 
  The 
  old 
  priest 
  shook 
  

   his 
  head 
  as 
  he 
  sang 
  this 
  stanza 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  broken 
  voice 
  he 
  repeated 
  the 
  

  

  