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  ye 
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  a 
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  thua 
  - 
  uo° 
  - 
  zhia 
  

  

  

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  Shethu 
  i 
  ba 
  u 
  n 
  wo° 
  neama 
  

  

  Shethu 
  i 
  ba 
  u"im" 
  neama 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  Haiba 
  shethu 
  i 
  ba 
  u"\vu" 
  neama 
  tho 
  he 
  thoe 
  

  

  l"'nio 
  n 
  ho 
  11 
  thi" 
  awathi 
  n 
  i"thi 
  n 
  ge 
  

   Shea 
  i 
  ba 
  do 
  n 
  thethu 
  ano"zhia 
  tin 
  

   Duda 
  i 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Shethu, 
  there, 
  yonder: 
  i 
  ba, 
  coming; 
  u 
  n 
  wo 
  n 
  

   neama, 
  are 
  seeking 
  for 
  me; 
  tho 
  he, 
  oratorical 
  end 
  of 
  sentence; 
  haiba, 
  

   they 
  are 
  coming; 
  U'mo 
  n 
  ho 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  , 
  the 
  Omaha: 
  awaihi 
  n 
  , 
  where 
  is 
  he?; 
  

   i 
  n 
  t/ii"ge, 
  they 
  arc 
  saying 
  of 
  me; 
  shea 
  i 
  ba 
  do 
  n 
  , 
  yonder 
  they 
  come: 
  

   thethu, 
  here: 
  ano 
  n 
  zhia, 
  I 
  stand; 
  tha, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence: 
  duda, 
  hither; 
  

   / 
  </< 
  , 
  come; 
  tho 
  he 
  tho, 
  end 
  of 
  sentence. 
  

  

  In 
  tins 
  song 
  the 
  Bethu'shka 
  personifies 
  the 
  tribe. 
  The 
  enemy 
  is 
  

   pictured 
  as 
  advancing 
  from 
  all 
  sides, 
  angrily 
  calling: 
  "Where 
  are 
  

   the 
  Omaha?" 
  The 
  Hethu'shka, 
  the 
  men 
  in 
  whom 
  "the 
  fear 
  of 
  

   death 
  lias 
  been 
  dispelled," 
  shout 
  back 
  as 
  one 
  voice: 
  ''Here 
  I 
  stand; 
  

   come 
  hither!" 
  While 
  the 
  song 
  is 
  defiant, 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  it 
  the 
  note 
  

   of 
  tribal 
  unity 
  as 
  against 
  enemies. 
  

  

  