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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [BTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  She, 
  yonder; 
  aki, 
  a 
  point 
  on 
  the 
  return 
  (to 
  camp); 
  ama, 
  one 
  mov- 
  

   ing; 
  haki, 
  aki, 
  returning 
  to 
  camp; 
  ha, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  vjai", 
  car- 
  

   rying 
  a 
  burden; 
  'hi, 
  aki, 
  returning; 
  wano 
  n 
  xthi 
  n 
  , 
  hurrying; 
  ahagihe, 
  

   agthe, 
  going 
  home; 
  'gthe, 
  agthe, 
  going 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  hunters 
  hasten 
  hack 
  to 
  camp, 
  and, 
  as 
  they 
  go, 
  see 
  one 
  hurrying 
  

   with 
  a 
  burden. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  boys, 
  who 
  is 
  carrying 
  the 
  tongues 
  

   and 
  heart 
  for 
  the 
  sacred 
  feast. 
  All 
  are 
  going 
  home. 
  

  

  The 
  music 
  is 
  recitative. 
  

  

  Twelfth 
  Song- 
  The 
  Belated 
  Hi 
  nters 
  

   (Sling 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  -* 
  — 
  i 
  — 
  i 
  — 
  i- 
  

  

  -+-*-*sr 
  st 
  -* 
  

  

  he-e 
  be 
  bi-ruo" 
  ha 
  ha 
  Bi 
  zi 
  e 
  - 
  ha 
  hi 
  - 
  mo" 
  Bi-zi 
  a-ha 
  bi-uio" 
  

  

  I 
  

   Texi 
  che 
  bimo"' 
  aha, 
  a 
  

   Bimo"' 
  aim 
  a 
  e 
  tha 
  

   He 
  ehe 
  bimo"' 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   Bizi 
  a 
  ha 
  ha 
  bimo"' 
  

   Bizi 
  aha 
  ha 
  bimo"' 
  

  

  2 
  

   Texi 
  ehe 
  bimo"' 
  aha, 
  a 
  

   Iiimo"' 
  aha 
  a 
  e 
  tha 
  

   He 
  ehe 
  bimo"' 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   Shade 
  eha 
  bimo 
  11 
  ' 
  

   Shude 
  eha 
  bimo"' 
  

  

  3 
  

   Texi 
  ehe 
  bimo"' 
  aha. 
  a 
  

   Bimo"' 
  aha 
  a 
  e 
  tha 
  

   He 
  ehe 
  bimo 
  11 
  ' 
  ha 
  ha 
  

   Zia 
  ha 
  ha 
  bimo"' 
  

   Zia 
  ha 
  ha 
  ha 
  naxthi" 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation 
  

  

  1. 
  Texi, 
  difficult 
  ; 
  tin 
  , 
  I 
  say; 
  biiim"', 
  rubbing 
  (bi, 
  to 
  press; 
  mo 
  n 
  , 
  rub- 
  

   bing, 
  as 
  between 
  the 
  hands); 
  aha, 
  ehe, 
  I 
  say 
  (the 
  vowel 
  modified 
  in 
  

   singing) 
  ; 
  <t, 
  ha, 
  tha, 
  syllables 
  indicating 
  prolonged 
  effort; 
  bizi 
  — 
  bi, 
  part 
  

   of 
  bimo"', 
  to 
  rub, 
  zi, 
  yellow 
  (the 
  word 
  describes 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  

   wood 
  when 
  it 
  begins 
  to 
  glow, 
  and 
  is 
  used 
  only 
  to 
  indicate 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  

   making 
  fire 
  by 
  rubbing). 
  

  

  2. 
  S/imli 
  , 
  smoke. 
  

  

  3. 
  Zia, 
  yellow 
  glow; 
  naxthi 
  11 
  , 
  flames 
  

  

  