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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  I 
  ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  number 
  lost 
  was 
  signified 
  to 
  the 
  watchers 
  by 
  repeating 
  this 
  action. 
  

   After 
  this 
  dramatic 
  report, 
  the 
  leader 
  designated 
  a 
  man 
  to 
  go 
  for- 
  

   ward 
  and, 
  when 
  near 
  enough 
  to, 
  the 
  village 
  to 
  be 
  heard, 
  to 
  call 
  out 
  

   the 
  names 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  slain. 
  As 
  the 
  relatives 
  of 
  the 
  

   dead 
  heard 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  husband, 
  father, 
  or 
  brother, 
  they 
  broke 
  

   into 
  wailing. 
  When, 
  later, 
  the 
  victorious 
  party 
  entered 
  the 
  village, 
  

   the 
  place 
  resounded 
  with 
  shouts 
  of 
  welcome 
  to 
  the 
  living 
  and 
  cries 
  of 
  

   sorrow 
  for 
  the 
  dead. 
  

  

  The 
  return 
  of 
  a 
  defensive 
  war 
  party 
  was 
  less 
  formal. 
  Some 
  one 
  

   went 
  in 
  advance 
  and 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  camp 
  the 
  news 
  of 
  deaths 
  or 
  

   other 
  disaster; 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  the 
  news, 
  the 
  shouts 
  of 
  victory, 
  and 
  

   lamentations 
  for 
  the 
  dead 
  were 
  as 
  already 
  described. 
  The 
  victory 
  

   celebration 
  was 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  both 
  cases. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  returning 
  party 
  brought 
  back 
  the 
  scalp 
  of 
  an 
  enemy, 
  the 
  

   young 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  tribe 
  at 
  once 
  made 
  preparations 
  for 
  holding 
  the 
  

   wewa'cM, 
  or 
  victory 
  dance. 
  The 
  scalp 
  was 
  tied 
  to 
  a 
  pole 
  and 
  around 
  

   it 
  both 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  danced 
  and 
  sang 
  together 
  the 
  songs 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  this 
  ceremony 
  of 
  exultation. 
  The 
  dance 
  was 
  a 
  lively 
  and 
  exuberant 
  

   motion. 
  No 
  dramatic 
  episodes 
  of 
  war 
  were 
  acted 
  out. 
  The 
  music 
  

   was 
  vivacious, 
  and 
  the 
  words 
  were 
  frequently 
  boasting 
  or 
  taunting 
  in 
  

   character. 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  mentioned 
  deeds 
  that 
  were 
  heroic 
  but 
  t 
  hey 
  

   always 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  acts 
  of 
  war. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  characteristic 
  

   song 
  of 
  this 
  dance: 
  

  

  VICTORY 
  SONG 
  

   Harmonized 
  by 
  John 
  ('. 
  Fillmore 
  for 
  interpretation 
  on 
  the 
  piano 
  

   Double 
  beat 
  ( 
  Aria 
  as 
  sung 
  in 
  unison 
  octaves 
  by 
  men 
  and 
  women) 
  

  

  -u 
  

  

  Ilea 
  - 
  tlia 
  ha 
  lie 
  ya 
  he 
  

  

  lie 
  a 
  tha 
  ha 
  thoe 
  

  

  lie 
  a 
  - 
  tha 
  ha 
  

  

  — 
  --r 
  — 
  r 
  — 
  t 
  t=p- 
  1 
  

  

  gn^JTUTr 
  

  

  Rhythm 
  of 
  the 
  drum 
  Con 
  Ped. 
  

  

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  ya 
  he 
  

  

  

  the 
  

  

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  ye 
  tha 
  ha 
  U-the 
  - 
  zha-zhe 
  

  

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