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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  I 
  KTII. 
  ANN'. 
  27 
  

  

  \<>t 
  only 
  were 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Ilethu'shka 
  chosen 
  from 
  among 
  

   the 
  brave 
  men 
  but 
  the 
  rules 
  and 
  influence 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  tended 
  to 
  

   enforce 
  peace 
  and 
  harmony 
  in 
  the 
  tribe. 
  If 
  a 
  member 
  became 
  quar- 
  

   relsome, 
  a 
  disturber 
  of 
  domestic 
  or 
  tribal 
  affairs, 
  the 
  herald 
  was 
  

   sent 
  to 
  proclaim 
  him 
  to 
  the 
  people. 
  He 
  would 
  give 
  the 
  man's 
  

   name 
  and 
  say: 
  "My 
  friend, 
  the 
  door 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  is 
  closed 
  against 
  

   you, 
  thai 
  yon 
  may 
  remain 
  among 
  the 
  common 
  people 
  where 
  such 
  

   acts 
  [naming 
  his 
  offense] 
  are 
  committed." 
  This 
  punishment 
  was 
  

   considered 
  a 
  great 
  public 
  disgrace. 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  meeting 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  held, 
  all 
  the 
  belongings 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  

   were 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  lodge 
  for 
  that 
  evening 
  and 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  left 
  

   vacant 
  for 
  the 
  society. 
  The 
  young 
  men 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  appointed 
  

   servants 
  brought 
  the 
  necessary 
  wood 
  for 
  the 
  lire 
  and 
  the 
  host 
  sent 
  

   the 
  food 
  to 
  be 
  cooked, 
  for 
  nothing 
  was 
  prepared 
  beforehand. 
  Just 
  

   before 
  the 
  hour 
  for 
  assembling 
  the 
  host 
  placed 
  the 
  bowl 
  of 
  paint 
  and 
  

   the 
  two 
  pipes, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  filled 
  and 
  made 
  ready 
  for 
  smoking, 
  

   before 
  the 
  place 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  leader. 
  Everything 
  was 
  then 
  in 
  

   readiness. 
  When 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  were 
  in 
  their 
  places 
  the 
  leader 
  

   took 
  up 
  the 
  bowl 
  of 
  black 
  paint 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  song 
  was 
  sung 
  bv 
  

   all 
  present 
  : 
  

  

  Mysteriously 
  Harmonized 
  by 
  John 
  C. 
  Fillmore 
  for 
  interpretation 
  on 
  the 
  piano 
  

   ^ 
  11 
  Double 
  beat 
  ^ 
  = 
  138 
  (Aria 
  as 
  sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

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  hi 
  - 
  tlui 
  ki 
  - 
  u 
  : 
  

  

  thu"- 
  alii 
  - 
  tie 
  

  

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