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  FLESCHE] 
  

  

  WARFARE 
  

  

  407 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  has 
  not 
  come 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time. 
  Finally 
  the 
  people 
  were 
  aroused; 
  

   every 
  man 
  began 
  to 
  make 
  arrows 
  and 
  the 
  women 
  to 
  make 
  moccasins. 
  Wa'backa 
  hewed 
  

   a 
  club 
  and 
  said 
  he 
  would 
  use 
  this 
  weapon 
  only 
  against 
  the 
  offending 
  Pawnee. 
  So 
  great 
  

   was 
  the 
  fervor 
  created 
  in 
  the 
  tribe, 
  that 
  the 
  chiefs 
  temporarily 
  set 
  aside 
  their 
  office 
  and 
  

   all 
  the 
  people 
  were 
  given 
  into 
  Wa'backa's 
  control 
  without 
  reserve. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  that 
  

   this 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  instance 
  known 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  one 
  

   man. 
  Meanwhile 
  Wa'backa 
  had 
  received 
  authority 
  from 
  a 
  sacred 
  pack, 
  and 
  also 
  

   had 
  secured 
  permission 
  to 
  take 
  it 
  with 
  him. 
  When 
  the 
  time 
  came 
  to 
  start, 
  the 
  whole 
  

   tribe 
  went 
  with 
  Wa'backa 
  — 
  men, 
  women, 
  and 
  children. 
  The 
  women 
  composed 
  a 
  

   song 
  which 
  was 
  sung 
  on 
  the 
  march 
  across 
  the 
  country. 
  This 
  song 
  has 
  lived 
  and 
  

   as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  women 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  as 
  a 
  toe'Jo" 
  wna" 
  — 
  a 
  song 
  to 
  send 
  

   strength 
  to 
  the 
  absent 
  warrior 
  on 
  the 
  battlefield 
  — 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  original!} 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  songs. 
  

  

  (Aria 
  as 
  sung) 
  Harmonized 
  by 
  John 
  C. 
  Fillmore 
  for 
  interpretation 
  on 
  the 
  piano 
  

   J 
  = 
  56 
  With 
  marked 
  rhythm 
  

  

  ** 
  

  

  stan 
  zhia 
  don 
  he 
  

  

  ki 
  - 
  tha 
  - 
  me 
  

  

  si# 
  

  

  JL 
  

  

  m 
  

  

  i 
  i 
  i 
  i 
  

  

  The 
  kithame 
  

  

  Wa'backa 
  ha 
  xage 
  wathasta" 
  zhiada" 
  he 
  

  

  Kithame 
  

  

  lie 
  kithame 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Uhe 
  Tciihame, 
  they 
  yielded 
  to 
  his 
  request; 
  ha, 
  

   vowel 
  prolongation; 
  xage, 
  to 
  cry; 
  waihasta 
  71 
  zhiadaP, 
  he 
  ceased 
  not, 
  for 
  

   that 
  reason. 
  

  

  Free 
  translation 
  

  

  His 
  call 
  they 
  obeyed! 
  

  

  Wa'backa 
  raised 
  his 
  voice, 
  nor 
  ceased 
  to 
  cry 
  aloud. 
  

  

  Come 
  with 
  me! 
  

  

  They 
  all 
  obeyed. 
  

  

  