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  Zhi 
  D 
  the 
  thahide 
  tho 
  he 
  thahide 
  

   Zhi 
  n 
  the 
  thahide 
  zhi 
  n 
  the 
  thahide 
  

   Zhi°the 
  thahide 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  

   Nudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga 
  thahide 
  tho 
  he 
  thoe 
  

  

  Nudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga 
  ishagama 
  iaba 
  

   Wiu 
  n 
  waka 
  be 
  tho 
  

   Zhi 
  n 
  the 
  thahide 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  

   Nudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga 
  thahide 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

  

  Translation: 
  ZhiHhe, 
  older 
  brother; 
  thahide, 
  I 
  longingly 
  wait; 
  

   tho 
  he, 
  oratorical 
  close 
  of 
  sentence; 
  nudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga, 
  leader, 
  captain; 
  

   ishagama, 
  old 
  men 
  {m,a, 
  a 
  plural 
  sign); 
  iaba, 
  they 
  spoke; 
  wiu 
  n 
  waka, 
  

   they 
  refer 
  to 
  me; 
  he 
  tho, 
  oratorical 
  ending 
  of 
  sentence. 
  "Elder 
  

   brothers! 
  I 
  longing 
  wait 
  [to 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  society]. 
  

   Captains! 
  the 
  old 
  men 
  have 
  spoken 
  [of 
  these 
  duties]; 
  their 
  words 
  

   now 
  refer 
  to 
  me. 
  Elder 
  brothers! 
  Captains! 
  I 
  longingly 
  wait 
  to 
  take 
  

   part 
  in 
  them 
  [the 
  duties]." 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  enforced 
  the 
  bond 
  of 
  brotherhood 
  which 
  bound 
  together 
  

   the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Hethu'shka. 
  There 
  were 
  two 
  ways 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   relation 
  of 
  brother 
  could 
  be 
  expressed 
  in 
  the 
  Omaha 
  language: 
  

   "Elder 
  brother" 
  and 
  "younger 
  brother." 
  In 
  the 
  song 
  the 
  newly 
  

   admitted 
  member 
  speaks, 
  addressing 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  

   as 
  "elder 
  brothers." 
  As 
  war 
  honors 
  were 
  requisite 
  to 
  membership, 
  

   those 
  whom 
  he 
  addressed 
  were 
  all 
  men 
  of 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinction. 
  

   In 
  his 
  form 
  of 
  address 
  he 
  not 
  only 
  recognizes 
  this 
  but 
  also 
  his 
  own 
  

   inclusion 
  in 
  the 
  brotherhood 
  and 
  proclaims 
  his 
  eagerness 
  to 
  .do 
  his 
  

   part 
  in 
  maintaining 
  the 
  honor 
  of 
  the 
  society 
  and 
  to 
  share 
  in 
  its 
  duties. 
  

   By 
  calling 
  his 
  "elder 
  brothers" 
  nudo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  ga, 
  "captains," 
  he 
  not 
  only 
  

   acknowledges 
  their 
  attainments 
  but 
  expresses 
  his 
  willingness 
  to 
  fol- 
  

   low 
  their 
  leadership. 
  In 
  the 
  second 
  stanza 
  he 
  lays 
  claim 
  to 
  share 
  in 
  

   the 
  traditions 
  of 
  the 
  society, 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  career 
  carry 
  out 
  

   the 
  exhortations 
  of 
  the 
  aged 
  men 
  whose 
  words 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  inspira- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  his 
  "elder 
  brothers" 
  and 
  "captains." 
  

  

  