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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  M.M. 
  J 
  = 
  60 
  

   (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  Introduction 
  

  

  No. 
  3 
  

  

  (Song), 
  

  

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   " 
  Hu" 
  - 
  

  

  Hu 
  n 
  -ga 
  

  

  Hu°-ga 
  

  

  Hu° 
  - 
  ga 
  - 
  a 
  

  

  The 
  rhythm 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  song 
  is 
  particularly 
  strong 
  and 
  lends 
  

   itself 
  finely 
  to 
  the 
  customary 
  unison 
  singing 
  in 
  octaves: 
  

  

  (Sing 
  in 
  unison) 
  

   M. 
  M. 
  

  

  : 
  66 
  Marked 
  rhythm 
  

  

  Transcribed 
  by 
  John 
  C. 
  Fillmore 
  

  

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  — 
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  — 
  -^ 
  — 
  ^ 
  ■ 
  j. 
  

  

  ^=m 
  

  

  Hu" 
  

  

  ga 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  songs 
  refer 
  to 
  peace 
  under 
  the 
  symbol 
  of 
  the 
  clear 
  

   sky, 
  Jcetha. 
  This 
  symbol 
  embraces 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  Wako 
  n 
  'da, 
  who 
  gives 
  

   to 
  man 
  the 
  sunshine, 
  the 
  clear 
  sky 
  from 
  which 
  all 
  storms, 
  all 
  clouds, 
  

   are 
  removed. 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  

   black 
  storm 
  clouds 
  with 
  their 
  thunder 
  and 
  lightning 
  are 
  emblematic 
  

   of 
  war. 
  The 
  clear 
  sky 
  therefore 
  represents 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  all 
  that 
  

   could 
  relate 
  to 
  war. 
  Among 
  the 
  syllables 
  sung 
  to 
  the 
  music 
  of 
  these 
  

   songs 
  appear 
  the 
  words 
  Jcetha, 
  clear 
  sky 
  or 
  peace, 
  and 
  HiC'ga, 
  child- 
  

   likeness 
  and 
  peace. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  regretted 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  exact 
  words 
  of 
  

   these 
  songs 
  are 
  lost; 
  they 
  might 
  have 
  revealed 
  something 
  of 
  the 
  

   ritualistic 
  progression 
  of 
  the 
  ideas 
  embodied 
  in 
  the 
  ceremony. 
  The 
  

  

  