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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANX. 
  27 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  song 
  of 
  the 
  herald 
  the 
  people 
  are 
  notified 
  that 
  the 
  council 
  

   has 
  ordered 
  the 
  hunters 
  to 
  make 
  ready 
  to 
  surround 
  the 
  herd. 
  They 
  

   are 
  to 
  follow 
  the 
  washa'ie, 
  and 
  to 
  remember 
  all 
  that 
  it 
  signifies 
  and 
  

   the 
  help 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  birds 
  — 
  the 
  crow, 
  the 
  eagle— 
  and 
  the 
  elements, 
  

   represented 
  by 
  the 
  shell. 
  All 
  these 
  things, 
  difficult 
  to 
  bring 
  together, 
  are 
  

   now 
  united 
  to 
  lead 
  the 
  people 
  toward 
  the 
  herd 
  and 
  to 
  help 
  them 
  in 
  secur- 
  

   ing 
  food 
  wherewith 
  to 
  sustain 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  people, 
  both 
  young 
  and 
  old. 
  

  

  The 
  music, 
  in 
  E 
  flat 
  major, 
  is 
  recitative. 
  

  

  Seventh 
  Song 
  — 
  The 
  Herald 
  Proclaims 
  the 
  Time 
  to 
  Start 
  

   (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  Ti-tho 
  Q 
  ga-wi° 
  ki- 
  hi 
  bthe-e 
  fka 
  ha 
  

  

  ha 
  

  

  raa 
  lie- 
  he 
  the- 
  he 
  

  

  # 
  #■ 
  

  

  JtE 
  

  

  Ti-tho" 
  ga-wi" 
  ki- 
  hi 
  bthe-e 
  cka 
  ha 
  a 
  ha 
  a-ma 
  he-he 
  the- 
  he 
  tlia 
  

  

  Ga 
  - 
  thi° 
  

  

  tw 
  

  

  bthe 
  e 
  te 
  e 
  cka 
  a 
  a 
  ha 
  

  

  he 
  he 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

  

  Titho" 
  gawi"' 
  ki 
  hi 
  bthe 
  e 
  cka 
  ha 
  a 
  ha 
  arua 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

   Titho" 
  gawi"' 
  ki 
  hi 
  bthe 
  e 
  cka 
  ha 
  a 
  ha 
  ama 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

   Gathi" 
  'deho' 
  ho 
  o 
  ho 
  ama 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

   Titho" 
  gawi"' 
  ki 
  hi 
  bthe 
  e 
  te 
  e 
  cka 
  a 
  a 
  ha 
  ama 
  hehe 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  Tit7w 
  n 
  , 
  village, 
  camp; 
  gaim 
  n 
  , 
  part 
  of 
  gawi 
  n 
  xe, 
  to 
  circle, 
  as 
  a 
  bird 
  

   soars; 
  lei, 
  when; 
  hi, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  bthe, 
  I 
  go; 
  e, 
  vowel 
  pro- 
  

   longation; 
  flea, 
  may; 
  ha 
  a 
  ha, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  ama, 
  they; 
  hehe, 
  

   ehe, 
  1 
  say; 
  e 
  he, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  tha, 
  oratorical 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  

   sentence. 
  

  

  3. 
  Gathi 
  n 
  , 
  yonder 
  walking; 
  'deho, 
  edea, 
  what 
  does 
  he 
  say? 
  (the 
  final 
  

   vowel 
  changed); 
  ho 
  o 
  ho, 
  vowel 
  prolongation. 
  

  

  4. 
  Te, 
  must. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  song 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  speech, 
  which 
  likens 
  the 
  herald 
  going 
  

   around 
  the 
  camp 
  to 
  the 
  soaring 
  and 
  circling 
  of 
  a 
  bird, 
  recalls 
  the 
  song 
  

   of 
  the 
  runner 
  when 
  the 
  birds 
  by 
  their 
  soaring 
  guided 
  to 
  the 
  game. 
  

   The 
  herald 
  left 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  of 
  the 
  White 
  Buffalo 
  Hide 
  and 
  

   passed 
  around 
  the 
  tribal 
  circle 
  by 
  the 
  left; 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  his 
  

   round 
  by 
  his 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tent 
  was 
  the 
  signal 
  that 
  the 
  tribe 
  

   had 
  been 
  notified 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  were 
  to 
  start. 
  The 
  song 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  

   questioning 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  as 
  he 
  walked 
  giving 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  leader. 
  

  

  The 
  music, 
  in 
  G 
  minor, 
  is 
  recitative. 
  

  

  