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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

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  ANN. 
  L'7 
  

  

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  a-zho" 
  mi-ke 
  di 
  

  

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  nu 
  hu 
  wi" 
  a 
  me 
  tlio 
  

  

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  in 
  ba 
  

  

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  gtha 
  i 
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  tha- 
  me 
  tho 
  he. 
  

  

  tho. 
  

  

  Gahithama 
  deu"thu"ge 
  ithama 
  

  

  Gahithama 
  deu"tho"ge 
  ithama 
  tho 
  he 
  thoi 
  

  

  Deu"tho 
  n 
  ge 
  ithamaazho" 
  mikide 
  panuhu 
  wi 
  n 
  a 
  me 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  

  

  Umba 
  ida 
  ugtha 
  ithame 
  tho 
  he 
  tho 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  (ia'hithama, 
  yonder 
  far 
  away 
  (the 
  voices 
  I 
  

   hear) 
  ; 
  deu 
  n 
  tho 
  n 
  ge, 
  they 
  are 
  saying 
  something 
  to 
  me 
  ; 
  Ithama, 
  they 
  send 
  

   (their 
  words); 
  azho", 
  I 
  lay; 
  mikide, 
  where; 
  panuhu, 
  owl; 
  wi 
  n 
  a 
  me, 
  

   one 
  speaks; 
  tho 
  he 
  the, 
  vocables; 
  umba, 
  morning; 
  ida, 
  comes; 
  ugtha, 
  

   shout; 
  ithame, 
  directed 
  toward 
  one. 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  may 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  Omaha 
  were 
  a 
  forest 
  people 
  ; 
  

   it 
  preserves 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  a 
  timely 
  discovery 
  by 
  which 
  a 
  disaster 
  

   was 
  averted 
  and 
  a 
  victory 
  won. 
  The 
  story 
  runs 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  The 
  Omaha 
  were 
  camped 
  in 
  a 
  forest. 
  One 
  dark 
  night 
  a 
  warrior 
  was 
  awakened 
  by 
  

   the 
  hooting 
  of 
  an 
  owl. 
  He 
  was 
  an 
  observant 
  man, 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  cries 
  of 
  birds 
  

   and 
  the 
  sounds 
  made 
  by 
  animals. 
  As 
  he 
  listened, 
  he 
  heard 
  answering 
  hoots 
  in 
  

   the 
  distance. 
  He 
  thought 
  the 
  sounds 
  not 
  genuine, 
  but 
  imitations 
  probably 
  made 
  

   by 
  men. 
  He 
  arose 
  silently, 
  slung 
  his 
  quiver 
  over 
  his 
  shoulder, 
  took 
  his 
  bow, 
  and 
  

   crept 
  among 
  the 
  trees. 
  At 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  camp 
  he 
  detected 
  signs 
  of 
  men- 
  

   enemies. 
  He 
  stealthily 
  made 
  his 
  way 
  back 
  and 
  awakened 
  the 
  sleeping 
  warriors 
  of 
  

   the 
  tribe, 
  who 
  at 
  once 
  made 
  themselves 
  ready 
  for 
  defense. 
  At 
  daybreak 
  the 
  enemy 
  

   rushed 
  from 
  all 
  sides 
  on 
  the 
  Omaha 
  camp 
  but 
  the 
  men 
  were 
  prepared 
  and 
  met 
  the 
  

   onslaught 
  so 
  successfully 
  that 
  few 
  of 
  their 
  foes 
  escaped. 
  

  

  The 
  song 
  commemorates 
  the 
  alertness 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  whose 
  ear 
  was 
  

   trained 
  to 
  know 
  the 
  calls 
  and 
  cries 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  holds 
  him 
  up 
  as 
  an 
  

   example. 
  

  

  Seventh 
  Song 
  — 
  Fidelity 
  to 
  Parents 
  

  

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  octaves) 
  

  

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