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  FLESCHE 
  I 
  

  

  WARFAKF, 
  

  

  431 
  

  

  q= 
  

  

  Nu-<lo 
  n 
  )ui" 
  - 
  ga 
  

  

  te 
  

  

  tho 
  

  

  Xn-do" 
  liu"- 
  ga 
  te 
  - 
  xe 
  tho 
  

  

  — 
  L-JT 
  

  

  =F 
  

  

  W^ 
  

  

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  3=4= 
  

  

  --g- 
  

  

  Ibeta 
  u 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  tho 
  

  

  Ibeta 
  11 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  tho 
  

  

  Ibeta" 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  tho 
  

  

  He! 
  Iahaga 
  ma 
  waga^abeda" 
  

  

  Ibeta" 
  she 
  ahibite 
  abazhete 
  

  

  Nudo 
  n 
  hu"ga 
  texie 
  tho 
  

  

  Nudo"hu 
  n 
  ga 
  texie 
  tho 
  

  

  Translation: 
  Ibeta", 
  to 
  go 
  around, 
  as 
  around 
  an 
  obstacle, 
  or 
  to 
  circum- 
  

   vent 
  or 
  avoid 
  a 
  threatened 
  disaster; 
  thi 
  n 
  ge, 
  none: 
  tho, 
  vocable; 
  ishaga, 
  

   old 
  man; 
  ma, 
  plural 
  sign; 
  waga 
  n 
  pabeda 
  n 
  , 
  when 
  they 
  tell; 
  she, 
  yonder; 
  

   ahibite, 
  reached 
  that 
  (place) 
  first; 
  abazhete, 
  have 
  not 
  said; 
  nudo"lio"ga, 
  

   leader; 
  texie, 
  the 
  difficult, 
  the 
  hard 
  to 
  accomplish. 
  "No 
  one 
  has 
  

   found 
  a 
  way 
  to 
  avoid 
  death, 
  to 
  pass 
  around 
  it; 
  those 
  old 
  men 
  who 
  

   have 
  met 
  it, 
  who 
  have 
  reached 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  death 
  stands 
  waiting, 
  

   have 
  not 
  pointed 
  out 
  a 
  way 
  to 
  circumvent 
  it. 
  Death 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   face!" 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  and 
  the 
  music, 
  are 
  in 
  feeling 
  closely 
  woven 
  together 
  

   around 
  the 
  thought 
  of 
  inexplicable 
  birth 
  ami 
  death. 
  The 
  serious- 
  

   ness 
  and 
  dignity 
  of 
  this 
  song 
  make 
  it 
  a 
  notable 
  composition. 
  

  

  Defensive 
  warfare 
  was 
  graded 
  higher 
  than 
  aggressive 
  warfare 
  

   and 
  the 
  man 
  whose 
  honors 
  were 
  won 
  when 
  defending 
  the 
  tribe 
  was 
  

   accorded 
  a 
  higher 
  rank 
  than 
  the 
  man 
  whose 
  honors 
  were 
  gained 
  

   otherwise. 
  No 
  act 
  entitling 
  a 
  man 
  to 
  a 
  war 
  honor, 
  whether 
  per- 
  

   formed 
  in 
  defensive 
  or 
  aggressive 
  warfare, 
  could 
  be 
  claimed 
  by 
  him 
  

   or 
  its 
  insignia 
  worn 
  until 
  the 
  honor 
  had 
  been 
  publicly 
  awarded 
  in 
  

   the 
  ceremony 
  called 
  Wate'gictu. 
  

  

  RETURN 
  OF 
  A 
  WAR 
  PARTY 
  

  

  An 
  authorized 
  aggressive 
  war 
  party 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  take 
  a 
  direct 
  

   course 
  toward 
  its 
  destination 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  battle 
  to 
  return 
  by 
  the 
  

   same 
  path. 
  On 
  the 
  return 
  journey 
  of 
  such 
  war 
  party, 
  if 
  successful, 
  

   when 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  village 
  a 
  fire 
  was 
  kindled, 
  the 
  rising 
  

   smoke 
  from 
  which 
  gave 
  the 
  signal 
  of 
  the 
  victorious 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  

   warriors. 
  If 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  party 
  had 
  been 
  killed, 
  a 
  member 
  stepped 
  

   to 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  threw 
  himself 
  on 
  the 
  ground. 
  This 
  action 
  indicated 
  

   to 
  the 
  village 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  one 
  man. 
  If 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  had 
  fallen, 
  the 
  

  

  