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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  AXN. 
  27 
  

  

  Third 
  Song 
  — 
  The 
  Hethu'shka 
  the 
  Protectors 
  op 
  the 
  Women 
  and 
  Children 
  

   (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  

  T- 
  

  

  Wi 
  

  

  con 
  

  

  tho" 
  

  

  $ 
  

  

  * 
  

  

  she 
  ta 
  be 
  Wi 
  con 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  tho" 
  

  

  she 
  ta 
  be 
  

  

  Wi 
  eon 
  tho° 
  

  

  

  she 
  ta 
  be 
  Wi 
  con 
  tho" 
  

  

  she 
  ta 
  be 
  

  

  £ 
  

  

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  £- 
  

  

  lii 
  - 
  e 
  the 
  tho-a 
  

  

  He 
  thu 
  - 
  shka 
  wa 
  - 
  shu 
  - 
  she 
  she 
  

  

  wi 
  - 
  e 
  ta 
  thi" 
  he 
  Wi 
  con 
  - 
  tho" 
  she 
  - 
  ta 
  - 
  be 
  he 
  

  

  the 
  tho 
  

  

  Wico 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  she 
  ta 
  be 
  

   Wico 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  she 
  ta 
  be 
  

   Wico 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  she 
  ta 
  be 
  

   WicoHho" 
  she 
  ta 
  be 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

   Hethu/shka 
  washushe 
  sheno 
  11 
  

   Wie 
  ta 
  thi 
  n 
  he 
  

   Wico 
  n 
  tho" 
  she 
  ta 
  be 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Wi(o 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  — 
  wi, 
  my; 
  co 
  n 
  , 
  abbreviation 
  of 
  itho 
  n 
  ga, 
  

   younger 
  brother; 
  ilw 
  n 
  , 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  endearment; 
  she, 
  abbreviation 
  of 
  

   eshe, 
  shetdbe, 
  you 
  shall 
  cry; 
  Hethu'shka, 
  the 
  society; 
  washushe, 
  

   brave; 
  sheno 
  n 
  , 
  of; 
  wie 
  ta 
  thi 
  n 
  he, 
  so 
  shall 
  I 
  be 
  (the 
  younger 
  brother, 
  

   who 
  has 
  become 
  an 
  HetJiu'shJca, 
  speaks). 
  

  

  This 
  song 
  sets 
  forth 
  the 
  obligation 
  that 
  rested 
  on 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  

   as 
  the 
  protectors 
  of 
  the 
  women 
  of 
  the 
  tribe, 
  who 
  were 
  spoken 
  of 
  col- 
  

   lectively 
  under 
  the 
  term 
  "sisters;" 
  this 
  term 
  is 
  implied 
  in 
  the 
  song. 
  

   It 
  is 
  the 
  women, 
  the 
  "sisters," 
  who 
  "cry" 
  to 
  the 
  "younger 
  broth- 
  

   ers." 
  In 
  the 
  song 
  the 
  women 
  are 
  bidden 
  to 
  call 
  on 
  the 
  younger 
  

   brothers 
  when 
  danger 
  threatens, 
  the 
  young 
  and 
  active 
  men, 
  "the 
  

   younger 
  brothers," 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  free 
  from 
  domestic 
  responsibil- 
  

   ities 
  and 
  at 
  any 
  moment 
  could 
  spring 
  to 
  the 
  cry 
  of 
  sisters 
  in 
  trouble. 
  

   The 
  song 
  tells 
  who 
  the 
  younger 
  brothers 
  were 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  sisters 
  

   could 
  always 
  appeal 
  when 
  a 
  foe 
  came 
  near 
  — 
  they 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  brave 
  

   Hethu'shka, 
  who 
  were 
  in 
  duty 
  bound 
  to 
  be 
  ready 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  to 
  

   guard 
  the 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  of 
  the 
  tribe. 
  

  

  