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  the 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  arc 
  few 
  and 
  interspersed 
  with 
  vocables: 
  No 
  n 
  zhi 
  n 
  ga, 
  

   arise; 
  Nudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga, 
  war 
  leader; 
  uzhawe, 
  rejoice, 
  be 
  glad. 
  

  

  The 
  attack 
  was 
  generally 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  early 
  dawn; 
  such 
  a 
  

   fight 
  was 
  called 
  ti'gaxa, 
  "striking 
  among 
  the 
  houses." 
  This 
  word, 
  

   appears 
  as 
  a 
  name 
  in 
  the 
  I"shta'cu"da 
  gens. 
  When 
  a 
  man 
  was 
  

   slain, 
  his 
  friends 
  rallied 
  around 
  the 
  body 
  to 
  protect 
  it 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  

   honors 
  being 
  taken 
  from 
  it. 
  Often 
  the 
  severest 
  fighting 
  took 
  place 
  

   over 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  a 
  fallen 
  companion. 
  When 
  possible 
  the 
  wounded 
  

   were 
  carried 
  away, 
  but 
  those 
  overpowered 
  were 
  generally 
  killed. 
  

   The 
  dead 
  were 
  buried 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  battle. 
  Captives 
  were 
  not 
  taken 
  

   as 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  ceremony 
  of 
  adoption 
  in 
  the 
  Omaha 
  tribe. 
  

  

  THE 
  WE 
  TO" 
  WAA 
  1 
  

  

  We'to 
  n 
  waa 
  n 
  is 
  an 
  old 
  and 
  untranslatable 
  term 
  used 
  to 
  designate 
  

   a 
  class 
  of 
  songs 
  composed 
  by 
  women 
  and 
  sung 
  exclusively 
  by 
  them; 
  

   these 
  songs 
  were 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  medium 
  by 
  which 
  strength 
  could 
  be 
  

   transmitted 
  to 
  an 
  absent 
  warrior 
  and 
  thus 
  assist 
  him 
  in 
  becoming 
  

   victorious 
  over 
  his 
  enemies. 
  When 
  a 
  war 
  party 
  was 
  away 
  it 
  was 
  

   the 
  custom 
  for 
  women, 
  particularly 
  of 
  the 
  poorer 
  class, 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  

   tent, 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  absent 
  warriors 
  (sometimes 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  leader 
  or 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  prominent 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  party), 
  and, 
  standing 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  

   the 
  tent, 
  there 
  sing 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  we'to 
  n 
  waa 
  n 
  . 
  It 
  was 
  believed 
  

   that 
  by 
  some 
  telepathic 
  process 
  courage 
  and 
  increased 
  strength 
  thus 
  

   were 
  imparted 
  to 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  battling. 
  In 
  return 
  for 
  the 
  

   supposed 
  benefits 
  to 
  the 
  absent 
  man, 
  the 
  wife 
  of 
  the 
  warrior 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  gifts 
  among 
  the 
  singers. 
  

  

  