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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETII. 
  ANN. 
  

  

  EiGHTn 
  Song 
  — 
  Agahamo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  

   The 
  song 
  is 
  eulogistic 
  of 
  a 
  warrior 
  hero. 
  

   (Sung 
  in 
  octaves) 
  —v 
  

  

  -a 
  »- 
  

  

  » 
  » 
  

  

  -»i 
  

  

  -f—*- 
  

  

  She 
  - 
  thi" 
  the 
  thi" 
  do" 
  - 
  ba 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  the 
  She 
  

  

  i 
  » 
  * 
  9 
  \ 
  m 
  » 
  \ 
  

  

  Drumbeat 
  * 
  | 
  | 
  I 
  I 
  | 
  I 
  I 
  

  

  

  • 
  

  

  — 
  — 
  '— 
  0-- 
  — 
  m 
  — 
  *tt— 
  • 
  — 
  ' 
  — 
  *-• 
  — 
  — 
  "i 
  — 
  

  

  tlii" 
  the 
  thi° 
  do" 
  - 
  ba 
  ga 
  Ha 
  do" 
  - 
  ba 
  ga 
  Ha 
  do"- 
  ba 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  the 
  the 
  A 
  - 
  ga 
  - 
  ha-nio°-thi° 
  do™ 
  - 
  ba 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  tho-e 
  

  

  She 
  

  

  ^d— 
  • 
  — 
  ~i 
  — 
  ^ 
  — 
  J- 
  j— 
  — 
  , 
  . 
  — 
  -i 
  — 
  I— 
  ' 
  

  

  thi" 
  the 
  thi" 
  do" 
  - 
  ba 
  ga 
  Ha 
  do" 
  ba 
  

  

  Ha 
  do" 
  - 
  ba 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  

  

  Shethi" 
  the 
  thi" 
  do"ba 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  

   Shethi" 
  the 
  thi" 
  do 
  n 
  ba 
  ga 
  

   Ha! 
  do"ba 
  ga 
  Ha! 
  do 
  n 
  ba 
  ge 
  tho 
  he 
  the 
  

   Agahamo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  do 
  n 
  bage 
  tho 
  he 
  thoe 
  

  

  Literal 
  translation: 
  Shethi 
  11 
  , 
  yonder; 
  the, 
  one; 
  tlii", 
  going; 
  <lo 
  n 
  ba, 
  

   behold; 
  ge, 
  ga, 
  sign 
  of 
  command; 
  tho 
  ht 
  the 
  the, 
  vocables 
  ; 
  ^exclama- 
  

   tion; 
  (lo"l)(n/i, 
  behold 
  him; 
  AgahamoHhi", 
  personal 
  name; 
  do 
  n 
  hage, 
  

   behold 
  him. 
  

  

  The 
  words 
  are 
  few, 
  an 
  exclamation 
  bidding 
  the 
  people 
  to 
  behold, 
  

   to 
  look 
  on 
  A'gahamo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  !, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  quite 
  unintelligible 
  but 
  for 
  

   the 
  story 
  which 
  gave 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  song. 
  A'gahamo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  died 
  in 
  the 
  

   early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  century. 
  lie 
  was 
  a 
  man 
  of 
  great 
  valor. 
  He 
  

   had 
  won 
  and 
  received 
  all 
  the 
  public 
  war 
  honors 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  sat- 
  

   isfied. 
  At 
  each 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Hethu'shka 
  society 
  all 
  through 
  one 
  

   fall 
  and 
  winter 
  he 
  would 
  rise 
  and 
  declare: 
  "During 
  the 
  next 
  battle 
  

   in 
  which 
  I 
  take 
  part 
  I 
  will 
  drag 
  an 
  enemy 
  from 
  his 
  horse 
  or 
  die 
  in 
  the 
  

   attempt!" 
  The 
  following 
  summer, 
  when 
  the 
  Omaha 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  

   buffalo 
  hunt, 
  the 
  tribe 
  was 
  attacked 
  by 
  the 
  Yankton 
  and 
  a 
  fierce 
  

   encounter 
  took 
  place. 
  True 
  to 
  his 
  word, 
  A'gahamo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  charged 
  

   the 
  line, 
  dragged 
  a 
  Yankton 
  from 
  his 
  horse, 
  and 
  slew 
  him. 
  Almost 
  

   immediatejy 
  A'gahamo 
  n 
  thi 
  n 
  was 
  killed. 
  In 
  emulation 
  of 
  his 
  courage 
  

   the 
  Omaha 
  made 
  a 
  desperate 
  charge 
  on 
  the 
  Yankton 
  and 
  defeated 
  

   them. 
  This 
  song 
  was 
  composed 
  to 
  commemorate 
  the 
  warrior 
  who 
  

   made 
  good 
  his 
  promise 
  and 
  in 
  so 
  doing 
  saved 
  his 
  people. 
  Of 
  A'gaha- 
  

   mo"thi" 
  it 
  was 
  said, 
  "He 
  spoke 
  a 
  word 
  and 
  chased 
  it 
  to 
  his 
  death." 
  

  

  