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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Fourth 
  Song 
  — 
  The 
  Runners 
  Go 
  Forth 
  

  

  4fc 
  

  

  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  — 
  *<- 
  

  

  Wa 
  - 
  zhi° 
  - 
  ga 
  9a 
  - 
  be 
  ga- 
  wi 
  n 
  - 
  xa 
  

  

  hi" 
  

  

  Ga 
  - 
  wi" 
  

  

  hi 
  n 
  

  

  ne 
  the 
  Ga 
  - 
  wi" 
  - 
  xa 
  

  

  hi" 
  u-ne 
  the 
  he 
  Ga-wi" 
  - 
  xa 
  

  

  the 
  

  

  Efcfep- 
  

  

  — 
  1 
  

  

  =1 
  

  

  — 
  jl 
  

  

  1 
  » 
  1 
  

  

  — 
  r 
  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  — 
  K— 
  

  

  Fw- 
  *- 
  

  

  -tU- 
  

  

  4 
  • 
  

  

  # 
  

  

  =j— 
  -h 
  

  

  * 
  "3= 
  

  

  — 
  -1 
  . 
  

   — 
  * 
  #— 
  - 
  

  

  =3 
  • 
  

  

  — 
  * 
  

  

  hi" 
  u-ne 
  the 
  be 
  Ga-wi° 
  - 
  xa 
  

  

  Wazhi 
  n 
  ga 
  cabe 
  gawi 
  n 
  xa 
  

   Ahi" 
  une 
  the 
  be 
  gawi 
  n 
  xa 
  

   Ahi 
  n 
  une 
  the 
  he 
  gawi 
  n 
  xa 
  

   Ahi 
  n 
  une 
  the 
  he 
  gawinxa 
  

   Ahi" 
  une 
  the 
  he 
  gawi 
  n 
  xa 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  Wazhi 
  n 
  'ga, 
  bird; 
  gahe, 
  black 
  — 
  the 
  word 
  is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  trope 
  and 
  means 
  

   the 
  crow; 
  gawi 
  n 
  xe, 
  soaring; 
  dhi 
  n 
  , 
  wings; 
  une, 
  to 
  search; 
  the, 
  to 
  go, 
  

   or 
  goes; 
  he, 
  vowel 
  prolongation. 
  

  

  The 
  crow 
  follows 
  the 
  herds 
  — 
  "He 
  is 
  a 
  buffalo 
  hunter," 
  the 
  old' 
  man 
  

   explained. 
  "He 
  watches 
  to 
  find 
  his 
  chance 
  for 
  carrion." 
  So, 
  when 
  

   the 
  runners 
  go 
  out 
  to 
  search 
  for 
  herds, 
  they 
  scan 
  the 
  sky 
  to 
  catch 
  

   sight 
  of 
  the 
  crow 
  and 
  other 
  birds 
  of 
  prey, 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  direct 
  their 
  

   steps 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  soaring 
  birds. 
  When 
  the 
  herds 
  are 
  found, 
  

   credit 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  guiding 
  birds 
  who 
  thus 
  lend 
  their 
  assistance 
  to 
  

   man 
  when 
  searching 
  for 
  the 
  game. 
  (Note 
  the 
  ritual 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   crow 
  promises 
  to 
  help 
  man, 
  p. 
  311.) 
  

  

  The 
  music, 
  in 
  A 
  major, 
  is 
  recitative 
  in 
  form, 
  but 
  resembles 
  the 
  

   motive 
  of 
  the 
  buffalo 
  songs 
  already 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  Part 
  II. 
  

  

  