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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [eth. 
  ann. 
  27 
  

  

  3 
  

   Wi" 
  au 
  the 
  ke 
  gathu 
  hi 
  ke 
  he 
  

   Wi 
  n 
  au 
  the 
  ke 
  gathu 
  hi 
  ke 
  he 
  he 
  

   Wi 
  n 
  au 
  the 
  xiatha 
  hi 
  ke 
  he 
  

   Wi 
  n 
  au 
  the 
  ke 
  gathu 
  hi 
  ke 
  he 
  he 
  

   Wi 
  n 
  au 
  the 
  ke 
  gathu 
  hi 
  ke 
  he 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  Wi 
  n 
  , 
  one; 
  au, 
  I 
  wounded; 
  the, 
  there; 
  ihi 
  n 
  , 
  moving; 
  gathu 
  , 
  yon- 
  

   der, 
  in 
  a 
  definite 
  place; 
  hi, 
  has 
  reached 
  or 
  arrived 
  at; 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  moving; 
  

   he, 
  ha, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sentence; 
  i, 
  mouth; 
  wami, 
  blood 
  or 
  bleeding. 
  

  

  2. 
  Takiki 
  n 
  , 
  staggering. 
  

  

  3. 
  Ke, 
  lying; 
  xiatha, 
  fallen. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  song, 
  the 
  wounded, 
  bleeding, 
  staggering, 
  and 
  fallen 
  game 
  

   is 
  referred 
  to. 
  

  

  The 
  music, 
  in 
  C 
  major, 
  is 
  vigorous, 
  virile, 
  and 
  suggestive 
  of 
  action. 
  

  

  Ninth 
  Song 
  — 
  Cutting 
  Up 
  the 
  Game 
  

  

  Recitative 
  

   (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  I" 
  thi" 
  wo°-tho"ga 
  in 
  gtho" 
  ho" 
  ci 
  - 
  i 
  - 
  hi 
  in 
  thi" 
  wo°-tho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

  

  1° 
  thi" 
  wo 
  D 
  -tho° 
  ga 
  in 
  gtho" 
  ho" 
  ci 
  - 
  i 
  - 
  hi 
  i 
  n 
  thi" 
  wo°-tho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

  

  1 
  

   I" 
  thi" 
  wo 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  ga 
  i"gtho" 
  ho" 
  <;iihi 
  i" 
  thi" 
  \vo"tho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

   I 
  n 
  thi" 
  wo"tho" 
  ga 
  i"gtho 
  n 
  ho" 
  ffrhi 
  i" 
  thi" 
  wo"tho 
  n 
  ga 
  ha 
  

   I" 
  thi" 
  wo"tho" 
  ga 
  i"gtho 
  n 
  ho" 
  giihi 
  i" 
  thi" 
  \vo"tho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  I 
  n 
  thi" 
  baho" 
  ga 
  i°gtho 
  n 
  ho" 
  pa 
  tho" 
  ho" 
  i" 
  thi" 
  baho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

   I" 
  thi" 
  baho." 
  ga 
  i"gtho 
  n 
  ho" 
  pa 
  tho" 
  ho" 
  i" 
  thi" 
  baho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

   I" 
  thi" 
  baho" 
  ga 
  i"gtho 
  n 
  ho" 
  pa 
  tho" 
  ho" 
  i" 
  thi" 
  baho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

  

  3 
  

   I 
  n 
  thi" 
  wo"tho" 
  ga 
  i"gtho" 
  ho" 
  ci"de 
  he 
  i" 
  thi" 
  wo"tho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

   I" 
  thi" 
  wo"tho" 
  ga 
  i"gtho" 
  ho" 
  ci"de 
  he 
  i° 
  thi" 
  wo"tho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

   I 
  n 
  thi" 
  wo°tho" 
  ga 
  i"gtho" 
  ho" 
  fi"de 
  he 
  i" 
  thi" 
  wo"tho" 
  ga 
  ha 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  7", 
  mine; 
  thi", 
  you; 
  wo 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  , 
  hold; 
  ga, 
  the 
  sign 
  of 
  command; 
  

   i 
  n 
  gtho 
  n 
  , 
  eldest 
  son; 
  ho 
  n 
  , 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  vowel 
  sound; 
  ciihi, 
  ciM, 
  

   ankle 
  (the 
  middle 
  i 
  is 
  to 
  prolong 
  the 
  vowel) 
  . 
  

  

  2. 
  Baho 
  n 
  , 
  to 
  push 
  up, 
  to 
  boost; 
  pa, 
  head; 
  tho 
  n 
  , 
  the 
  roundish 
  shape 
  

   of 
  the 
  head; 
  ho 
  n 
  , 
  vowel 
  prolongation. 
  

  

  3. 
  Qi 
  n 
  de, 
  tail; 
  he, 
  vowel 
  prolongation. 
  

  

  