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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  when 
  that 
  part 
  was 
  reached 
  where 
  the 
  warrior's 
  name 
  was 
  mentioned 
  

   the 
  drum 
  was 
  not 
  struck, 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  might 
  be 
  the 
  more 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  heard. 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  were 
  never 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  

   complete 
  in 
  themselves, 
  being 
  for 
  the 
  sole 
  purpose 
  of 
  recalling 
  the 
  

   incident 
  or 
  story 
  which 
  the 
  song 
  commemorated. 
  Frequently 
  a 
  

   single 
  word 
  referred 
  to 
  a 
  known 
  tribal 
  ceremony 
  or 
  recalled 
  a 
  teaching 
  

   or 
  precept, 
  so 
  that 
  to 
  the 
  Omaha 
  the 
  word 
  was 
  replete 
  with 
  meaning 
  

   and 
  significance. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  a 
  literal 
  translation 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  can 
  

   not 
  be 
  made 
  intelligible 
  to 
  an 
  English 
  reader; 
  moreover, 
  an 
  attempt 
  

   to 
  make 
  them 
  thus 
  intelligible 
  would 
  take 
  from, 
  rather 
  than 
  unfold, 
  

   the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  and 
  would 
  rob 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  their 
  native 
  

   sense 
  and 
  dignity. 
  

  

  The 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  society 
  number 
  a 
  hundred 
  or 
  more, 
  

   ■each 
  one 
  commemorating 
  some 
  historical 
  incident 
  or 
  bringing 
  to 
  

   mind 
  the 
  duties 
  that 
  devolved 
  on 
  the 
  warrior 
  members. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  

   songs 
  reveal 
  the 
  ideals 
  held 
  up 
  to 
  inspire 
  the 
  conduct 
  of 
  the 
  warriors. 
  

   Although 
  the 
  songs 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  society, 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  restricted 
  

   to 
  the 
  membership, 
  non-members 
  also 
  being 
  permitted 
  to 
  use 
  them. 
  

   By 
  this 
  custom 
  the 
  teachings 
  set 
  forth 
  in 
  the 
  songs 
  spread 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  membership 
  and 
  so 
  tended 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  standards 
  

   of 
  conduct 
  throughout 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  eight 
  songs 
  are 
  selected 
  to 
  show 
  how 
  the 
  young 
  men 
  

   were 
  stimulated 
  to 
  loyalty 
  to 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  society, 
  to 
  the 
  tribe, 
  

   to 
  the 
  family, 
  and 
  to 
  perform 
  acts 
  which 
  accorded 
  with 
  the 
  Omaha 
  

   ideal 
  of 
  a 
  brave 
  man: 
  

  

  Fikst 
  Song 
  — 
  Brotherhood 
  and 
  Loyalty 
  

   (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

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