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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  [BTH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  third 
  part, 
  which 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  wolf, 
  he 
  dropped 
  four 
  more 
  drops 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  part, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  crow 
  is 
  spoken 
  of, 
  he 
  dropped 
  four 
  drops, 
  making 
  

   four 
  times 
  four 
  — 
  sixteen 
  drops 
  in 
  all. 
  

  

  After 
  this 
  ceremony 
  was 
  completed 
  the 
  servant 
  approached 
  the 
  one 
  who 
  presided 
  

   and 
  fed 
  him 
  from 
  the 
  bowl. 
  He 
  took 
  the 
  food 
  deliberately 
  and 
  solemnly. 
  He 
  was 
  

   fed 
  all 
  that 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  bowl. 
  When 
  he 
  finished, 
  those 
  present 
  could 
  begin 
  to 
  eat. 
  

   Each 
  person 
  who 
  had 
  his 
  bowl 
  could 
  take 
  only 
  four 
  spoonfuls 
  and 
  must 
  then 
  pass 
  his 
  

   bowl 
  to 
  his 
  next 
  neighbor, 
  who 
  took 
  four 
  spoonfuls 
  and 
  passed 
  the 
  bowl 
  on. 
  In 
  this 
  

   manner 
  the 
  bowl 
  was 
  kept 
  moving 
  until 
  the 
  feast 
  was 
  consumed. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  the 
  ritual 
  recited 
  on 
  this 
  occasion. 
  Of 
  line 
  2 
  the 
  

   old 
  man 
  said: 
  "The 
  teaching 
  implied 
  in 
  these 
  words 
  is 
  that 
  thus 
  the 
  

   chiefs 
  had 
  spoken, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  never 
  any 
  variation 
  or 
  change 
  in 
  these 
  

   words." 
  And 
  of 
  line 
  9 
  he 
  said 
  : 
  "It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  club 
  as 
  the 
  badge 
  

   or 
  mark 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  or 
  leader 
  was 
  older 
  than 
  the 
  pipe." 
  The 
  red 
  

   clubs 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  ritual 
  represented 
  the 
  chiefs, 
  the 
  black 
  clubs 
  

   the 
  officers 
  of 
  the 
  hunt. 
  Concerning 
  the 
  dropping 
  of 
  the 
  broth 
  he 
  

   remarked: 
  "The 
  chiefs, 
  although 
  long 
  dead, 
  are 
  still 
  living 
  and 
  still 
  

   exercise 
  a 
  care 
  over 
  the 
  people 
  and 
  seek 
  to 
  promote 
  their 
  welfare: 
  

   so 
  we 
  make 
  the 
  offering 
  of 
  food, 
  the 
  support 
  of 
  our 
  life, 
  in 
  recognition 
  

   of 
  them 
  as 
  still 
  our 
  chiefs 
  and 
  caring 
  for 
  us." 
  

  

  Ritual 
  

  

  1. 
  He! 
  Ni'kagahi 
  efka 
  

  

  2. 
  Esha 
  bi 
  a 
  bado 
  n 
  

  

  3. 
  He! 
  Ni'kagahi 
  ecka 
  

  

  4. 
  Ni'to"ga 
  athite 
  uthishi 
  ke 
  tho" 
  

  

  5. 
  He! 
  ni 
  uwitha 
  ati 
  thagthi" 
  bado" 
  

  

  6. 
  He! 
  Ni'kagahi 
  ecka 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  7. 
  E 
  no 
  n 
  atho 
  n 
  ka 
  bi 
  abado" 
  ec/ka 
  

  

  8. 
  He! 
  Ni'kagahi 
  

  

  9. 
  He! 
  weti" 
  duba 
  ca'be 
  tha 
  bado" 
  

  

  10. 
  Duba 
  zhide 
  tha 
  bado" 
  

  

  11. 
  Cabe 
  the 
  te 
  tho 
  n 
  

  

  12. 
  Thuda 
  the 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  xti 
  abthi" 
  ta 
  athi" 
  he 
  esha 
  biabado" 
  ni'kawaca 
  

  

  13. 
  Shi"gazhi°ga 
  wiwita 
  xti 
  thi 
  n 
  ke 
  shti 
  wa" 
  

  

  14. 
  Thuda 
  agitha 
  mo"zhi 
  ta 
  mike 
  esha 
  bi 
  abado" 
  ecka 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  15. 
  He! 
  ugaxe 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  xti 
  ni'kawae.a 
  

  

  16. 
  Wani'ta 
  to"ga 
  duba 
  utha 
  agthi 
  bado" 
  

  

  17. 
  Edi 
  aino 
  n 
  zhi 
  bado" 
  

  

  18. 
  Ni'kawacja 
  ecka 
  

  

  19. 
  Wani'ta 
  shukato" 
  wi" 
  

  

  20. 
  Ushte' 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  xti 
  gaxa 
  bado" 
  

  

  21. 
  U'zhawa 
  xti 
  agtha 
  bado 
  n 
  

  

  22. 
  Wai"'gi 
  uzho 
  n 
  ge 
  ke 
  washi" 
  uno 
  n 
  bubude 
  xti 
  mo"thi" 
  bado" 
  

  

  23. 
  Sho"'to°ga 
  nuga 
  thathi 
  n 
  she 
  tho" 
  

  

  24. 
  £i"de 
  ke 
  gaathiko" 
  

  

  25. 
  Kigthi'ho 
  n 
  ho" 
  xti 
  nio"bthi" 
  ta 
  athi" 
  he 
  edi 
  eshe 
  abado" 
  

  

  