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  eating 
  that 
  he 
  was 
  moving, 
  passing 
  along. 
  The 
  word 
  the 
  (the 
  next 
  

   to 
  the 
  last 
  word 
  in 
  each 
  line) 
  is 
  the 
  feminine 
  termination 
  of 
  a 
  sen- 
  

   tence; 
  the 
  final 
  the 
  is 
  a 
  vocable 
  which 
  serves 
  as 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  refrain; 
  

   hi, 
  a 
  punctuation 
  word 
  equivalent 
  to 
  a 
  period. 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  Dadu" 
  na 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  myself 
  known, 
  the! 
  

  

  Dadu" 
  na 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  myself 
  known, 
  the! 
  

   Last 
  night 
  when 
  you 
  sang 
  I 
  uttered 
  your 
  name, 
  the! 
  

  

  Dadu" 
  na 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  myself 
  known, 
  the! 
  hi. 
  

   "Who 
  is 
  it 
  that 
  sings?" 
  the! 
  they 
  said, 
  and 
  I 
  sitting 
  there, 
  the! 
  

  

  "Wagu 
  n 
  tha 
  is 
  passing," 
  I 
  said, 
  the! 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  your 
  name 
  I 
  littered, 
  the! 
  hi. 
  

  

  As 
  with 
  all 
  Indian 
  songs, 
  both 
  as 
  to 
  words 
  and 
  music, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   setting 
  or 
  introduction. 
  Nothing 
  is 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  girl 
  or 
  her 
  surround- 
  

   ings. 
  The 
  stanza 
  opens 
  with 
  her 
  lament 
  addressed 
  to 
  her 
  lover, 
  who, 
  

   having 
  won 
  her 
  affection, 
  has 
  so 
  possessed 
  her 
  thoughts 
  that 
  when 
  

   he 
  sang 
  without 
  the 
  tent 
  and 
  the 
  family 
  asked 
  " 
  Who 
  is 
  it 
  that 
  sings? 
  " 
  

   the 
  girl 
  unconsciously 
  lets 
  drop 
  his 
  name. 
  All 
  eyes 
  are 
  turned 
  on 
  

   her 
  and 
  then 
  she 
  realizes 
  what 
  she 
  has 
  done. 
  When 
  next 
  day 
  she 
  

   meets 
  her 
  lover 
  she 
  tells 
  him 
  in 
  distress 
  of 
  her 
  betrayal 
  of 
  their 
  secret. 
  

   The 
  young 
  man 
  responds 
  by 
  making 
  this 
  song, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  betrays 
  

   the 
  girl's 
  confidence 
  to 
  his 
  companions 
  and 
  scores 
  his 
  conquest. 
  

  

  The 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  reveals 
  a 
  groping 
  after 
  metrical 
  form. 
  

   The 
  choice 
  of 
  words 
  and 
  their 
  arrangement 
  are 
  not 
  colloquial 
  and 
  indi- 
  

   cate 
  a 
  desire 
  to 
  express 
  the 
  story 
  effectively 
  and 
  not 
  in 
  a 
  common- 
  

   place 
  way. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  vocable 
  the 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  musical 
  

   phrase 
  is 
  of 
  interest, 
  and 
  its 
  introduction 
  into 
  the 
  fifth 
  line 
  after 
  ebeiHe, 
  

   "Who 
  is 
  it 
  that 
  sings?," 
  has 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  a 
  sigh 
  — 
  it 
  adds 
  to 
  the 
  dramatic 
  

   expression 
  and 
  gives 
  a 
  touch 
  of 
  pathos 
  to 
  the 
  narrative. 
  

  

  The 
  opening 
  lines 
  present 
  at 
  once 
  the 
  theme 
  of 
  the 
  song, 
  therein 
  

   resembling 
  the 
  chorus 
  of 
  a 
  ballad, 
  which 
  always 
  sets 
  forth 
  the 
  central 
  

   thought 
  or 
  feeling 
  around 
  which 
  the 
  circumstances 
  of 
  the 
  story 
  

   cluster. 
  In 
  this 
  Omaha 
  ballad 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  elaboration 
  in 
  literary 
  

   form 
  and 
  the 
  music 
  is 
  equally 
  simple; 
  but 
  we 
  find 
  here 
  indications 
  

   that 
  the 
  Omaha 
  had 
  begun 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  consciously 
  to 
  desire 
  that 
  the 
  

   rhythm 
  of 
  emotions 
  should 
  have 
  an 
  answering 
  expression 
  in 
  measured 
  

   language. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  improbable 
  that 
  the 
  nascent 
  poetic 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  

   class 
  of 
  songs 
  may 
  account 
  in 
  a 
  measure 
  for 
  their 
  popularity. 
  While 
  

   all 
  other 
  songs 
  depended 
  largely 
  on 
  vocables 
  for 
  carrying 
  the 
  voice, 
  the 
  

   "woman 
  songs" 
  were 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  words 
  that 
  always 
  told 
  a 
  story. 
  

  

  Men 
  and 
  women 
  were 
  socially 
  on 
  a 
  moral 
  equality. 
  Tribal 
  custom 
  

   favored 
  chastity 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  practised 
  it 
  stood 
  higher 
  in 
  public 
  

   esteem 
  than 
  those 
  who 
  did 
  not. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  woman 
  who 
  in 
  

   her 
  youth 
  committed 
  indiscretions 
  and 
  later 
  led 
  a 
  moral 
  life, 
  while 
  

   her 
  former 
  acts 
  were 
  remembered, 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  held 
  against 
  her 
  

  

  