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  FLESCHE] 
  

  

  MUSIC 
  

  

  389 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  choral 
  the 
  pipe 
  bearers 
  again 
  

   moved 
  about 
  the 
  lodge, 
  waving 
  the 
  feathered 
  stems 
  to 
  the 
  rhythm 
  

   of 
  the 
  following 
  song: 
  

  

  Transcribed 
  by 
  John 
  0. 
  Fillmore 
  

   M. 
  M. 
  J 
  = 
  63 
  (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  p 
  jr-ff- 
  & 
  — 
  f 
  — 
  f 
  ~ 
  *~? 
  — 
  * 
  — 
  * 
  — 
  : 
  

  

  ^m^k 
  

  

  Hu° 
  - 
  ga 
  

  

  Hu" 
  - 
  ga 
  

  

  ga 
  tlu" 
  - 
  ga 
  Hu° 
  - 
  ga 
  

  

  The 
  awake 
  tha 
  we 
  the 
  awake 
  tha 
  we 
  

   Tahesha 
  we 
  the 
  awake 
  tha 
  we 
  

   Hu 
  n 
  ga 
  the 
  awake 
  tha 
  we 
  Hu 
  n 
  ga 
  

   The 
  awake 
  tha 
  we 
  Hu"ga 
  

   Tahesha 
  we 
  tha 
  awake 
  tho 
  we 
  

   Hu 
  n 
  ga 
  the 
  awake 
  tha 
  we 
  Hu"ga 
  

   The 
  awake 
  tha 
  we 
  Hu 
  n 
  ga 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  The, 
  this; 
  awake, 
  what 
  I 
  mean; 
  tha, 
  oratorical 
  

   end 
  of 
  sentence; 
  we, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  tahesha, 
  an 
  old 
  word 
  the 
  

   meaning 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  lost. 
  This 
  word 
  appears 
  as 
  a 
  personal 
  name 
  in 
  

   the 
  I 
  n 
  ke'cabe 
  gens, 
  which 
  had 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Sacred 
  Tribal 
  Pipes. 
  

   It 
  probably 
  had 
  a 
  symbolic 
  meaning 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  articles 
  

   or 
  with 
  the 
  teaching 
  of 
  this 
  ceremony. 
  We, 
  vowel 
  prolongation; 
  

   Hu 
  n 
  'ga, 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  child 
  who 
  has 
  a 
  part 
  in 
  this 
  ceremony. 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  followed 
  and 
  supplemented 
  the 
  preceding 
  choral, 
  which 
  

   referred 
  to 
  a 
  teaching 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  handed 
  down. 
  In 
  this 
  song 
  

   the 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  teaching 
  was 
  enunciated: 
  "This 
  is 
  what 
  I 
  mean" 
  

   (the 
  present 
  tense 
  is 
  used) 
  — 
  " 
  Hu 
  n 
  'ga," 
  peace, 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  accepted 
  

   with 
  the 
  docility 
  of 
  the 
  child. 
  The 
  song 
  was 
  a 
  favorite 
  one 
  and 
  

   was 
  often 
  expatiated 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  writers, 
  particularly 
  the 
  teaching 
  

   of 
  the 
  IIu"'(/a. 
  This 
  word 
  is 
  a 
  modification 
  of 
  Ho 
  n 
  'ga, 
  a 
  name 
  (as 
  

   already 
  noted) 
  which 
  played 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  and 
  cognate 
  tribes. 
  It 
  means 
  "one 
  who 
  went 
  before," 
  

   an 
  ancestor; 
  also 
  "one 
  who 
  goes 
  before," 
  one 
  distinguished 
  and 
  

   important, 
  a 
  leader. 
  The 
  meaning 
  of 
  IIu 
  n 
  'ga 
  in 
  this 
  ceremony 
  is 
  

   made 
  up 
  of 
  many 
  aspects, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  go 
  to 
  impress 
  on 
  the 
  Omaha 
  

  

  