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  tho-e 
  

  

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  11 
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  tho 
  he 
  

  

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  zhi- 
  da 
  • 
  thi° 
  i 
  - 
  zhi"- 
  ge 
  

  

  thi" 
  - 
  ga 
  be 
  tho 
  

  

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  - 
  da 
  

  

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  m 
  

  

  tha 
  de 
  moMhi' 
  1 
  ge 
  tho 
  the 
  he 
  tha 
  - 
  de 
  rno 
  n 
  -thi° 
  - 
  ga 
  In-da- 
  

  

  di 
  ish 
  - 
  a 
  

  

  ma 
  thi 
  - 
  gi 
  ci 
  - 
  tha 
  me 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  tho 
  

  

  Indadi 
  thade 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  e 
  the 
  tho 
  

  

  Indadi 
  thade 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ga 
  

  

  Indadi 
  thade 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  e 
  the 
  

  

  Thade 
  mo"thi 
  n 
  ga 
  

  

  Indadi 
  ishaga 
  ma 
  

  

  Thigi 
  cithame 
  tho 
  he 
  thoi 
  

  

  Thade 
  mo 
  n 
  thi" 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  tho 
  

  

  Wazhidathi" 
  izhi"ge 
  ithi"ga 
  be 
  tho 
  

  

  Indadi 
  thade 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  

  

  Thade 
  mo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  ga 
  

  

  Indadi 
  ishaga 
  ma 
  

  

  Thigi 
  eithaine 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  tho 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Indadi, 
  my 
  father; 
  thade, 
  call 
  forth, 
  proclaim; 
  

   mo"thi"ge, 
  go; 
  ga, 
  sign 
  of 
  command; 
  tho 
  he 
  e 
  the 
  tho, 
  vocables; 
  ishaga 
  

   via, 
  the 
  aged 
  men; 
  thigi 
  cithame, 
  they 
  will 
  remember 
  you; 
  WazhidatM 
  n 
  , 
  

   personal 
  name; 
  izhi 
  n 
  ge, 
  his 
  son; 
  ithi 
  n 
  ga, 
  say 
  of 
  me. 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  are 
  few 
  and 
  impossible 
  to 
  render 
  literally. 
  

   They 
  are 
  mnemonics 
  merely 
  but 
  they 
  serve 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  

   the 
  act 
  which 
  the 
  song 
  commemorates. 
  The 
  song 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   old 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  handed 
  down 
  through 
  many 
  generations, 
  an 
  indi- 
  

   cation 
  of 
  the 
  estimation 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  teaching 
  it 
  sets 
  forth 
  — 
  the 
  

   unselfish 
  regard 
  for 
  the 
  fame 
  of 
  his 
  father 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  hero 
  of 
  the 
  

   story 
  and 
  song. 
  The 
  account 
  runs 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  A 
  young 
  man, 
  whose 
  name, 
  according 
  to 
  his 
  expressed 
  wish, 
  is 
  unknown, 
  said 
  to 
  

   his 
  comrades 
  as 
  he 
  lay 
  dying 
  on 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  battle, 
  where 
  he 
  had 
  fought 
  valiantly: 
  

   "When 
  you 
  proclaim 
  my 
  death," 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  calling 
  out 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  

   the 
  slain 
  when 
  the 
  war 
  party 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  village, 
  "speak 
  not 
  my 
  name, 
  but 
  that 
  

   of 
  my 
  father. 
  Say, 
  'The 
  son 
  of 
  Wazhi'dathi 
  n 
  is 
  slain.' 
  " 
  Having 
  made 
  this 
  request, 
  

   the 
  young 
  man 
  spoke 
  again 
  but 
  as 
  if 
  he 
  were 
  addressing 
  his 
  father. 
  He 
  said 
  : 
  ' 
  ' 
  Father, 
  

   in 
  my 
  death 
  shall 
  the 
  aged 
  men 
  remember 
  you! 
  " 
  The 
  aged 
  men 
  were 
  the 
  historians, 
  

   so 
  to 
  speak; 
  they 
  were 
  the 
  ones 
  who 
  treasured 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  tribal 
  incidents 
  and 
  

   passed 
  them 
  on 
  to 
  younger 
  generations. 
  By 
  this 
  act 
  of 
  the 
  son 
  he 
  caused 
  his 
  father's 
  

   name 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  in 
  remembrance, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  his 
  own 
  act. 
  was 
  such 
  that 
  he 
  

   was 
  held 
  up 
  to 
  future 
  generations 
  as 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  filial 
  regard. 
  

  

  