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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETII. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  the 
  lodge. 
  While 
  this 
  was 
  going 
  on 
  within, 
  an 
  old 
  man 
  of 
  the 
  poorer 
  

   class 
  arose 
  and 
  passed 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  lodge, 
  beginning 
  as 
  he 
  went 
  a 
  song 
  of 
  

   thanks 
  and 
  finishing 
  it 
  outside 
  the 
  lodge. 
  He 
  introduced 
  the 
  name 
  

   of 
  the 
  donor- 
  of 
  the 
  horse 
  and 
  to 
  make 
  sure 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  heard 
  he 
  called 
  

   the 
  name 
  twice 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  song. 
  This 
  triple 
  form 
  of 
  thanks 
  

   was 
  observed 
  whenever 
  a 
  gift 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Wa'wa" 
  party. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  thanks 
  the 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  arose 
  and 
  the 
  pipes 
  

   were 
  taken 
  up 
  ceremonially. 
  The 
  movements 
  simulated 
  the 
  eagle 
  

   rising 
  from 
  its 
  nest 
  and 
  making 
  ready 
  for 
  flight. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  words 
  

   to 
  the 
  songs 
  used 
  to 
  accompany 
  these 
  movements. 
  These 
  songs 
  

   were 
  repeated 
  four 
  times. 
  The 
  beauty 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cere- 
  

   mony 
  was 
  greatly 
  enhanced 
  when 
  the 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  were 
  graceful 
  

   and 
  could 
  imitate 
  well 
  the 
  flying, 
  circling, 
  rising, 
  and 
  falling 
  of 
  the 
  

   bird. 
  The 
  feather 
  appendages 
  moved 
  like 
  wings 
  as 
  the 
  pipes 
  were 
  

   swayed 
  and 
  both 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  ear 
  were 
  rhythmically 
  addressed. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  sung 
  on 
  raising 
  the 
  pipes. 
  

   Only 
  vocables 
  are 
  now 
  used 
  when 
  singing 
  these 
  songs. 
  Note 
  the 
  

   closing 
  cadence 
  when 
  the 
  eagle 
  is 
  up 
  and 
  away. 
  

  

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  108 
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  iu 
  octaves) 
  

  

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  When 
  the 
  pipes 
  were 
  raised 
  the 
  three 
  bearers, 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  pipes 
  

   and 
  the 
  wild-cat 
  skin, 
  turned 
  to 
  the 
  left 
  and 
  circled 
  the 
  lodge. 
  The 
  

   other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  followed, 
  bearing 
  the 
  drum. 
  A 
  rhythmic 
  

   side 
  step 
  was 
  taken 
  as 
  the 
  party 
  faced 
  their 
  seated 
  hosts, 
  and 
  the 
  

   pipes 
  were 
  swayed 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  feathers 
  moved 
  like 
  the 
  wings 
  of 
  a 
  bird 
  

   slowly 
  flying. 
  The 
  fire 
  was 
  always 
  replenished 
  just 
  as 
  the 
  pipes 
  

   started, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  flames 
  as 
  they 
  leaped 
  filled 
  the 
  lodge 
  with 
  light 
  

   and 
  the 
  shadows 
  cast 
  by 
  the 
  moving 
  feathered 
  stems 
  seem 
  to 
  make 
  

   real 
  their 
  simulation 
  of 
  the 
  eagle's 
  flight. 
  If 
  the 
  song 
  was 
  familiar, 
  

   as 
  often 
  happened, 
  it 
  was 
  taken 
  up 
  by 
  all 
  present 
  as 
  the 
  pipes 
  

   approached 
  and 
  passed 
  before 
  the 
  sitting 
  people. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  noble 
  choral 
  has 
  been 
  heard 
  sung 
  by 
  three 
  hundred 
  or 
  

   four 
  hundred 
  voices, 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  ; 
  no 
  one. 
  is 
  excluded 
  because 
  of 
  sex 
  

   or 
  age, 
  for, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  "The 
  pipes 
  are 
  free 
  to 
  all." 
  The 
  volume 
  of 
  tone, 
  

   the 
  variety 
  of 
  voice 
  quality, 
  the 
  singing 
  in 
  octaves, 
  gave 
  strong 
  har- 
  

   monic 
  effects, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  notsurprising 
  that 
  theOmahaobjected 
  to 
  such 
  

  

  